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

From: "Basil L. Contovounesios" <contovob <at> tcd.ie>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
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 12:02:06 +0100

Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> writes:

> "Basil L. Contovounesios" <contovob <at> tcd.ie> writes:
>
>> It already does:
>>
>>   The default value is based on January 1st, 1970 at midnight.
>>
>> Can it be clarified further?
>
> Oh, so it was just a bug...
>
>>> (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?
>
> Sure; makes sense.

Done:

Default to 1970 in decoded-time-set-defaults
b376ed7220 2021-05-09 11:52:20 +0100
https://git.sv.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/?id=b376ed72204193eba652666fa2540f412f456490

Evgeny, does that solve your issue?

Thanks,

-- 
Basil

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

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