trt (06/01/82)
A number of UNIX programs depend on the correct date,
and they can defend against incorrect dates only in limited ways.
It would help if date(I) defended against incorrect date changes.
Here is a quick hack that is in Duke's date.c:
45,50d44
< #define FUTSLOP (3600*2) /* 2 hours in the future */
< #define AGOSLOP 60 /* 1 minute in the past */
< #define DAY 86400L /* seconds in a day */
< #define HOUR 3600 /* seconds in an hour */
< register time_t t;
< register char *ttense, *tunit;
73,91d66
< /* Check for implausible date change */
< t = timbuf - wtmp[0].ut_time;
< if (t > FUTSLOP || -t > AGOSLOP) {
< ttense = "later";
< if (t < 0) {
< ttense = "earlier";
< t = -t;
< }
< tunit = "second";
< if (t >= DAY) {
< tunit = "day";
< t = (t + DAY/4)/DAY;
< } else if (t >= HOUR) {
< tunit = "hour";
< t = (t + HOUR/4)/HOUR;
< }
< fprintf(stderr, "(That is %ld %s%s %s than the estimated date!!)\n",
< (long)t, tunit, t>1? "s": "", ttense);
< }
Tom Truscott (duke!trt)