Re: [boost] DateTime conversion to tm problem?

Subject: Re: [boost] DateTime conversion to tm problem?
From: Ilya Bobir (ilya.bobir_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-06-20 13:40:53

Maciej Sobczak wrote:
> 
> The posix_time::to_tm function clears the date fields of the std::tm 
> structure. Having zeros on year, month and day fields represent the 
> 1900-01-00 date according to the std::tm conventions, which is a date 
> that did not exist. Using such value with other APIs might result in out 
> of range conditions.
> 
> Is it considered to be a problem? What about setting tm_mday to 1 
> instead (which would represent 1900-01-01 - that is, the first legal date)?
> 

Maybe if you show a use case your proposal will get more weight?

Are there any use cases that will become invalid if the tm_mday will be 
set to 1?