@node localtime_r @section @code{localtime_r} @findex localtime_r POSIX specification:@* @url{https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/localtime_r.html} Gnulib module: time_r Portability problems fixed by Gnulib: @itemize @item This function is missing on some platforms: mingw, MSVC 14. @item This function is not declared unless @code{_REENTRANT} is defined, on some platforms: HP-UX 11. @end itemize Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib: @itemize @item On some platforms, this function loops forever for values near extrema (such as the year @math{-2**31}): Mac OS X 10.6. You can use the @code{time_rz} module to work around the problem. @item On some platforms, this function returns nonsense values for unsupported arguments (like @math{2^56}), rather than failing: FreeBSD 10. @item On some platforms, this function yields incorrect values for timestamps before the year 1: MacOS X 10.5, Solaris 11.3. @end itemize