Re: Agenda Bulk Scatter bug

[Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>]

Hi David,

On Jun 10, 2011, at 11:05 AM, David Edmondson wrote:

> * carsten.dominik@gmail.com [2011-06-10 Fri 09:20]
>> Hi, I need a few testers:  Something very strange is going on here.
>> 
>> When I evaluate this form
>> 
>> (decode-time (days-to-time (time-to-days (current-time))))
>> 
>> I get a date in the year 3980.  I think this used to work.
>> Is there anyone who has an idea what is going on here?
> 
> (decode-time (days-to-time (time-to-days (current-time))))
> => (0 0 1 10 6 3980 2 t 3600)
> 
> With "GNU Emacs 24.0.50.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.20.1) of
> 2011-02-10 on keller, modified by Debian".
> 
> (time-to-days) returns the number of days since 0001-12-31bce, which
> (days-to-time) converts into a time value. That time value is relative
> to 0001-12-31bce, _not_ relative to 1970-01-01, which is what
> (decode-time) is expecting.
> 
> Hence you end up 1970 years out.

Thank you for the analysis - the bulk scattering
command should now again work as advertised.

- Carsten