changeset:   89319:00e94e454813
user:        Victor Stinner <victor.stinner@gmail.com>
date:        Fri Feb 21 23:54:32 2014 +0100
files:       Lib/test/test_time.py
description:
Issue #11188, #19748: mktime() returns -1 on error. On Linux, the tm_wday field
is used as a sentinel () to detect if -1 is really an error or a valid
timestamp. On AIX, tm_wday is unchanged even on success and so cannot be used
as a sentinel.


diff -r 5057eaff9d68 -r 00e94e454813 Lib/test/test_time.py
--- a/Lib/test/test_time.py	Fri Feb 21 22:29:58 2014 +0000
+++ b/Lib/test/test_time.py	Fri Feb 21 23:54:32 2014 +0100
@@ -346,6 +346,13 @@
     def test_mktime(self):
         # Issue #1726687
         for t in (-2, -1, 0, 1):
+            if sys.platform.startswith('aix') and t == -1:
+                # Issue #11188, #19748: mktime() returns -1 on error. On Linux,
+                # the tm_wday field is used as a sentinel () to detect if -1 is
+                # really an error or a valid timestamp. On AIX, tm_wday is
+                # unchanged even on success and so cannot be used as a
+                # sentinel.
+                continue
             try:
                 tt = time.localtime(t)
             except (OverflowError, OSError):