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1. backpatch of datetime fixes

   Neil Conway <neilc@samurai.com> — 2002-08-20T22:24:35Z

   I've backpatched Thomas's fixes for the potential buffer overruns in
   the datetime code to the REL7_2_STABLE branch. The required changes
   are pretty minimal, and the code passes the regression tests.
   
   However, I haven't yet seen a test-case that demonstrates the buffer
   overrun in 7.2 code (I originally found the problem when playing with
   datetime on 7.3-dev with integer datetimes) -- I've tested it a little
   bit and it seems to work, but this patch probably requires pretty
   widespread testing.
   
   Cheers,
   
   Neil
   
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2. Re: backpatch of datetime fixes

   lockhart@fourpalms.org — 2002-08-21T01:18:46Z

   Neil Conway wrote:
   > 
   > I've backpatched Thomas's fixes for the potential buffer overruns in
   > the datetime code to the REL7_2_STABLE branch. The required changes
   > are pretty minimal, and the code passes the regression tests.
   > 
   > However, I haven't yet seen a test-case that demonstrates the buffer
   > overrun in 7.2 code (I originally found the problem when playing with
   > datetime on 7.3-dev with integer datetimes)
   
   I've had trouble provoking an error also, but the circumstances should
   be related to having a long date/time input, especially if it has more
   fields than one would expect in a valid date/time string.
   
                        - Thomas