debug assertion in dtoxtime.c:65 using stat

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Kommer - 28 Mar 2006 10:15 GMT

Hi,

In Visual C++ 2005 Express I use the stat function (if tried the _wstat32
_wstat64) to figure out
some status about a file (for example if given file is a directory).

Now on some ordenary files, which has usual create/modification/access time
(between 2005 and 2006) the call of stat() results in a debug assertion in
dtoxtime.c:65 stating that a year is not in a valid range ((( yr - 1900) >=
_BASE_YEAR ) && ( ( yr - 1900 ) <= _MAX_YEAR )).

Unfortunattelly this failure cannot be handled by the calling code and the
process terminates.

Is there any solution for this problem.

Thanks,
Roger

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Nelson B - 24 Apr 2006 21:52 GMT

> In Visual C++ 2005 Express I use the stat function (if tried the _wstat32
> _wstat64) to figure out some status about a file (for example if given file
> is a directory).

> Now on some ordenary files, which has usual create/modification/access time
> (between 2005 and 2006) the call of stat() results in a debug assertion in
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>
> Is there any solution for this problem.

I'm having a similar problem.
My program uses findfirst/findnext, and crashes in this assertion:

Debug Assertion Failed!
Program: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
File: dtoxtm64.c
Line: 67

Expression: (((long)(yr-1900) >= _BASE_YEAR) && ((long)(yr - 1900) <=
_MAX_YEAR64))

Now, this is an assertion that a file in the file system has a proper date.
Why is it a fatal fault to my program that a file in the file system has
an improper date? Why should my program be forced to crash because of a
file system issue that is not the fault of my program nor under the
control of my program. It is not indicative of a programming error in
my code, so why should my code die for it? Seems like a misuse of an
assertion in the RTL.

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