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1 files changed, 3 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/editfns.c b/src/editfns.c
index fa4f486c699..e49f53ff6b3 100644
--- a/src/editfns.c
+++ b/src/editfns.c
@@ -874,16 +874,15 @@ DEFUN ("format-time-string", Fformat_time_string, Sformat_time_string, 1, 3, 0,
char *buf = (char *) alloca (size + 1);
int result;
+ buf[0] = '\1';
result = emacs_strftime (buf, size, XSTRING (format_string)->data,
(NILP (universal) ? localtime (&value)
: gmtime (&value)));
- if (result > 0 && result < size)
+ if ((result > 0 && result < size) || (result == 0 && buf[0] == '\0'))
return build_string (buf);
- if (result < 0)
- error ("Invalid time format specification");
/* If buffer was too small, make it bigger and try again. */
- result = emacs_strftime (buf, 0, XSTRING (format_string)->data,
+ result = emacs_strftime (NULL, 0x7fffffff, XSTRING (format_string)->data,
(NILP (universal) ? localtime (&value)
: gmtime (&value)));
size = result + 1;