[cvsnt] Re: cvs diff: Internal error: p_test_date must be an actual date, not TIME_ZONE_INFORMAATION format.

Yann Tremblay yann.tremblay at cgi.com
Wed May 5 18:30:28 BST 2004


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Ok, if you're right then the English Version of Windows 2000 Service pack 3
AND 4 (I did the test with both version) has a bugg. Since, this version of
CVS server is built specificaly for windows, why am I one of the only perso
that has this problem? 

Is there, somewhere in the config,  something I should look at to make it
working?

Any input would be appreciated,

Thanks

Yann Tremblay wrote:
> cvs diff: Internal error: p_test_date must be an actual date, not 
> TIME_ZONE_INFORMAATION format.
> 
That's an OS error that's been seen pretty rarely.  Basically there's 
something wrong with the date handling on the machine and it's generating
junk 
dates...  I think we get one report every 6 months or so, so whatever's
doing 
it is pretty rare (rules out the usual suspects, AV etc.).

Technically it means that the year is set to zero, which will make various 
operations fail (not just CVS).  Zero is impossible - Windows can't handle 
years before 1601.  Continuing would write a garbage date to the RCS file, 
which would be a nightmare to correct.

Tony

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