Subject: Re: bug#48298: Invalid time specification: encode-time((0 30 11 1 1 0 nil -1 nil))

From: "Basil L. Contovounesios" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 09 May 2021 11:03:59 +0100

Lars Ingebrigtsen <[email-masked]> writes:

> "Basil L. Contovounesios" <[email-masked]> writes:
>
>>    (unless (decoded-time-year time)
>> -    (setf (decoded-time-year time) 0))
>> +    (setf (decoded-time-year time) 1970))
>
> Sure; that makes as much sense as anything, but the doc string should
> perhaps mention it.

It already does:

  The default value is based on January 1st, 1970 at midnight.

Can it be clarified further?

> (All the other defaults are as zero-ish as possible, and 1970 is used
> here only because of technical limitations.)

Is it worth mentioning in the docstring that 1970 is chosen to guarantee
portability, similar to the note in encode-time's docstring?

Thanks,

-- 
Basil