# [PATCH] Use long for timezone in pretty.c:show_ident_date()

2 messages from 2014-03-07 to 2014-03-07. Participants: Brian Gernhardt, Eric Sunshine.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/36098

## Brian Gernhardt, 2014-03-07 18:47

Subject: [PATCH] Use long for timezone in pretty.c:show_ident_date()
Message-ID: <1394218076-70398-1-git-send-email-brian@gernhardtsoftware.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/1394218076-70398-1-git-send-email-brian%40gernhardtsoftware.com

```
The value is parsed with strtol and compared against LONG_MIN and
LONG_MAX, which doesn't make much sense for an int.

Signed-off-by: Brian Gernhardt <brian@gernhardtsoftware.com>
---
 pretty.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/pretty.c b/pretty.c
index 3b811ed..29ebc4f 100644
--- a/pretty.c
+++ b/pretty.c
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ static const char *show_ident_date(const struct ident_split *ident,
 				   enum date_mode mode)
 {
 	unsigned long date = 0;
-	int tz = 0;
+	long tz = 0;
 
 	if (ident->date_begin && ident->date_end)
 		date = strtoul(ident->date_begin, NULL, 10);
-- 
1.9.0.281.gfc51f0a.dirty

```

## Eric Sunshine, 2014-03-07 19:29

Subject: Re: [PATCH] Use long for timezone in pretty.c:show_ident_date()
Message-ID: <CAPig+cSAGEmtKziqE49MxuQOsBdbbbVtLcsYVd+Uoptg2Ucr8A@mail.gmail.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/CAPig%2BcSAGEmtKziqE49MxuQOsBdbbbVtLcsYVd%2BUoptg2Ucr8A%40mail.gmail.com
In-Reply-To: <1394218076-70398-1-git-send-email-brian@gernhardtsoftware.com>

```
On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 1:47 PM, Brian Gernhardt
<brian@gernhardtsoftware.com> wrote:
> The value is parsed with strtol and compared against LONG_MIN and
> LONG_MAX, which doesn't make much sense for an int.
>
> Signed-off-by: Brian Gernhardt <brian@gernhardtsoftware.com>

Thanks. Find a more complete fix here [1].

[1]: http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/243582/focus=243617

> ---
>  pretty.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/pretty.c b/pretty.c
> index 3b811ed..29ebc4f 100644
> --- a/pretty.c
> +++ b/pretty.c
> @@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ static const char *show_ident_date(const struct ident_split *ident,
>                                    enum date_mode mode)
>  {
>         unsigned long date = 0;
> -       int tz = 0;
> +       long tz = 0;
>
>         if (ident->date_begin && ident->date_end)
>                 date = strtoul(ident->date_begin, NULL, 10);
> --
> 1.9.0.281.gfc51f0a.dirty
>
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