Re: [boost] [date-time] special value problem

From: Jeff Garland (jeff_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-04-17 15:57:28

On Tue, 13 Apr 2004 04:17:13 -0700, Jeff Garland wrote
> On Tue, 13 Apr 2004 10:48:26 +0200, Pavol Droba wrote
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I have a problem with the date-time library. I have a code like this:
> > 
> >  namespace date=boost::gregorian;
> > 
> >  date::date dtMin(date::min_date_time);
> >  cout << dtMin << endl;
> > 
> > Last line throws out-of-range exception. As far as I understand the 
> > meaning of min_date_time, this should not happen. If this is a 
> > standard behaviour, how can I get the minimal displayable date?
> 
> This is a bug.  You are going to use date dtMin(1400, 1, 1) for now. 
>  I can't fix it for a few days.  

The fix for this is in CVS now.  You need to update 
boost/date_time/gregorian/greg_date.hpp.  Tests also updated to ensure the
correct operation.  There was a subtle hole in the tests that did not detect
this bug...

Jeff