Error in httpd_util:rfc1123_date

[Paul Davis]

It would appear that depending on timezone the following call to
rfc1123_date breaks with a badarg:

1> httpd_util:rfc1123_date(erlang:localtime()).
** exception error: bad argument
     in function erlang:universaltime_to_localtime/1
        called as erlang:universaltime_to_localtime({{1969,12,31},{23,59,59}})
     in call from calendar:local_time_to_universal_time_dst/1
     in call from httpd_util:rfc1123_date/1
2>

Seeing as that's 1 second before 12:00 AM Jan 1st, 1970 I'm guessing
its a miscalculation somewhere.

This has been demonstrated in the time zones:

Western Indonesian Time
And Arabian Standard Time
East Africa Time

A bit of digging turned up [1] which seems like it might be related.


Paul Davis


[1] http://www.erlang.org/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi/3/334