#include <stdio.h>
#include <time.h>

int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
    struct tm stm;
    stm.tm_sec = 27;
    stm.tm_min = 5;
    stm.tm_hour = 18;
    stm.tm_mday = 2;
    stm.tm_mon = 0;
    stm.tm_year = 43;
    stm.tm_wday = 0;
    stm.tm_yday = 0;
    printf("%d\n", mktime(&stm));
    getchar();
    return 0;
}

prints -1

What am I misunderstanding?

[+edit] this is using Visual Studio 2012 with 32 bit target. I guess a follow up question would be 'what is the recommended method for storing arbitrary date/time values (i.e. those which may be before 1900)?'

c++ time
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