date->set

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- Reference manual
- Packages
  - XPCE
    - Classes
      - class date
        
        Send methods
        
        date->advance
        
        date->after
        
        date->before
        
        date->convert
        
        date->current
        
        date->equal
        
        date->initialise
        
        date->posix_value
        
        date->set

date ->set: seconds=[0..59], minutes=[0..59], hours=[0..23], day=[1..31], month=[1..12], year=[1970..2050]

Set all non-default components. This method is also used by date->initialise if arguments are provided.

It uses the mktime() function which appears to have different behaviour on different systems on timestamps before the epoch at Jan. 1, 1970 UTC. On some systems it returns negative values, while on others it returns the error code -1. Note that even on systems with negative values the last second before the epoch cannot be represented. An error is returned if mktime() returns -1.