probably not, but if we're guaranteeing never to write more than 3 bytes
to the buffer then it's worth a failsafe
David
On Wed, 10 Jan 2001, Boian Bonev wrote:
> hi,
>
> i see you take care about timezones with offset bigger than one day... is it
> possible?
>
> thank you :))
>
> b.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bug Database" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2001 8:49 AM
> Subject: PHP 4.0 Bug #8242 Updated: the date('B') gives bogus output when
> system date is Thu Dec 14 01:56:02 EET 20
>
>
> > ID: 8242
> > Updated by: david
> > Reported By: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Old-Status: Open
> > Status: Closed
> > Bug Type: Date/time related
> > Assigned To:
> > Comments:
> >
> > fixed with:
> > while (beat < 0) {
> > beat += 1000;
> > }
> > beat = beat % 1000;
> >
> > Swatch Internet Time is very, very sad.
> >
> > Previous Comments:
> > --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> -
> >
> > [2000-12-13 18:59:39] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sometimes in tzones GMT+something the calculation below can give negative
> or time greater than 1000
> >
> > the fix just checks both cases since timezone cannot add more than a day
> (or less respectively) or in other terms 1000 swatch beats
> >
> > case 'B': /* Swatch Beat a.k.a. Internet Time */
> > beat = (((((long)the_time)-(((long)the_time) -
> > ((((long)the_time) % 86400) + 3600))) * 10) / 864);
> >
> > -- the fix --
> >
> > if (beat < 0) beat += 1000;
> > if (beat > 999) beat -= 1000;
> >
> > -- end fix --
> >
> > sprintf(tmp_buff, "%03d", beat); /* SAFE */
> > strcat(return_value->value.str.val, tmp_buff);
> > break;
> >
> > --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> -
> >
> >
> > Full Bug description available at: http://bugs.php.net/?id=8242
> >
> >
>
>
>
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