GNU bug report logs - #48298
Invalid time specification: encode-time((0 30 11 1 1 0 nil -1 nil))

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Евгений Михайлов <lewwadoo <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sat, 8 May 2021 20:59:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Merged with 48290

Found in versions 27.1, 27.2

Fixed in version 28.1

Done: "Basil L. Contovounesios" <contovob <at> tcd.ie>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #31 received at 48298 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: "Basil L. Contovounesios" <contovob <at> tcd.ie>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 48298 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, lewwadoo <at> gmail.com
Subject: Re: bug#48298: Invalid time specification: encode-time((0 30 11 1 1
 0 nil -1 nil))
Date: Sun, 09 May 2021 11:52:06 +0200

"Basil L. Contovounesios" <contovob <at> tcd.ie> 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.  (All the other defaults are as zero-ish as
possible, and 1970 is used here only because of technical limitations.) 

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