+/* Fail if mktime fails to convert a date in the spring-forward gap.
+ Based on a problem report from Andreas Jaeger. */
+static void
+spring_forward_gap ()
+{
+ /* glibc (up to about 1998-10-07) failed this test) */
+ struct tm tm;
+
+ /* Use the portable POSIX.1 specification "TZ=PST8PDT,M4.1.0,M10.5.0"
+ instead of "TZ=America/Vancouver" in order to detect the bug even
+ on systems that don't support the Olson extension, or don't have the
+ full zoneinfo tables installed. */
+ putenv ("TZ=PST8PDT,M4.1.0,M10.5.0");
+
+ tm.tm_year = 98;
+ tm.tm_mon = 3;
+ tm.tm_mday = 5;
+ tm.tm_hour = 2;
+ tm.tm_min = 0;
+ tm.tm_sec = 0;
+ tm.tm_isdst = -1;
+ if (mktime (&tm) == (time_t)-1)
+ exit (1);
+}
+