parsedate.c: fix the return code for an overflow edge condition

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/lib/parsedate.c b/lib/parsedate.c
index d7942f554..ecb8dfb42 100644
--- a/lib/parsedate.c
+++ b/lib/parsedate.c
@@ -530,8 +530,10 @@ static int parsedate(const char *date, time_t *output)
     /* Add the time zone diff between local time zone and GMT. */
     long delta = (long)(tzoff!=-1?tzoff:0);
 
-    if((delta>0) && (t > LONG_MAX  - delta))
-      return -1; /* time_t overflow */
+    if((delta>0) && (t > LONG_MAX - delta)) {
+      *output = 0x7fffffff;
+      return PARSEDATE_LATER; /* time_t overflow */
+    }
 
     t += delta;
   }
@@ -561,9 +563,6 @@ time_t curl_getdate(const char *p, const time_t *now)
  * Curl_gmtime() is a gmtime() replacement for portability. Do not use the
  * gmtime_r() or gmtime() functions anywhere else but here.
  *
- * To make sure no such function calls slip in, we define them to cause build
- * errors, which is why we use the name within parentheses in this function.
- *
  */
 
 CURLcode Curl_gmtime(time_t intime, struct tm *store)