# HG changeset patch
# User Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
# Date 1054153102 0
# Node ID 56a7920eba4e023c90fd1da7aa1e9bbd4a5c765e
# Parent  dbc2e8bf46faba2411ba674724b9a27a5a77823f
(__mktime_internal): Do not reject negative timestamps arbitrarily.

diff --git a/lib/mktime.c b/lib/mktime.c
--- a/lib/mktime.c
+++ b/lib/mktime.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* Convert a `struct tm' to a time_t value.
-   Copyright (C) 1993-1999, 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   Copyright (C) 1993-1999, 2002, 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
    This file is part of the GNU C Library.
    Contributed by Paul Eggert (eggert@twinsun.com).
 
@@ -265,12 +265,6 @@
 
   int sec_requested = sec;
 
-  /* Only years after 1970 are defined.
-     If year is 69, it might still be representable due to
-     timezone differences.  */
-  if (year < 69)
-    return -1;
-
 #if LEAP_SECONDS_POSSIBLE
   /* Handle out-of-range seconds specially,
      since ydhms_tm_diff assumes every minute has 60 seconds.  */
@@ -378,14 +372,6 @@
 	return -1;
     }
 
-  if (year == 69)
-    {
-      /* If year was 69, need to check whether the time was representable
-	 or not.  */
-      if (t < 0 || t > 2 * 24 * 60 * 60)
-	return -1;
-    }
-
   *tp = tm;
   return t;
 }