[Zope] Re: TimeError in Zope 2.8.5

[Josef Meile]

>>>>> import time
>>>>> time.localtime(106900545747.045975).tm_year
>> 5357
> 
> Now, we understand: it's the Python "time" implementation that has
> changed.
> 
> With Python 2.3.3 (under Debian Sarge), we get:
> 
>>>> from time import localtime
>>>> localtime(106900545747.045975)
> (1901, 12, 13, 21, 45, 52, 4, 347, 0)
>>>> localtime(106900545747.045975).tm_year
> 1901
> 
In my python 2.4.3 (compiled from source) and the one installed with the 
OS, which is also 2.4.3, it doesn't work. I get:

Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
ValueError: timestamp out of range for platform time_t

So, I guess there should be something that you can configurate when 
building python, or it is perhaps a linux kernel paramater. With python 
2.3.5 it works however, so, it is a change in python as Dieter mentioned.

By running the zopectl in debug mode for zope 2.9.4, the resulting 
traceback is the same as the one posted by the OP. With zope 2.8.8 it 
runs without any problem. So, it could be that the provider is running 
zope 2.8.5 with python 2.4.

Regards
Josef