#3880: integer overflow in date.c (mutt_mktime)
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Reporter: vinc17 | Owner: mutt-dev
Type: defect | Status: closed
Priority: critical | Milestone:
Component: mutt | Version: 1.7.0
Resolution: fixed | Keywords:
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Comment (by vinc17):
Replying to [comment:20 code@…]:
> Calculating the local timezone offset is simple enough; it's just
> gmtime(&now) - localtime(&now).
If {{{now}}} means the current date, I don't think that would be correct
due to DST: the timezone offset also depends on DST, which depends on the
date. But the current implementation is also buggy as it does not taken
DST change into account. I've reported a new bug: #3890.
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Ticket URL: <https://dev.mutt.org/trac/ticket/3880#comment:24>
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