Re: [boost] [1.33.0][date_time] Yr 1900 issue on x64 Win

On 12/6/05, Norian N <noriann@gmail.com> wrote:

I'm trying to use Boost 1.33 libs on x64 Windows platform. Have assert break when try to use date below year 1900.

_VALIDATE_RETURN( ( timeptr->tm_year >=0 ), EINVAL, FALSE)

This is an issue with the Microsoft runtime libraries and not the fault of Boost.DateTime. There is absolutely no good reason for this check (IMHO). There is nothing in the strftime code (aside from these debugging assertions) that would fail on years prior to 1900, yet these assertions exist. I really wish they would remove them. -- Caleb Epstein caleb dot epstein at gmail dot com