gzip: minor time stamp cleanups

[debian/gzip] / NEWS

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@@ -4,6 +4,13 @@ GNU gzip NEWS                                    -*- outline -*-
 
 ** Bug fixes
 
+  When converting time stamps to gzip file format (32-bit unsigned) or
+  to time_t format (system-dependent), gzip now ignores out-of-range
+  values instead of shoehorning them into the destination format,
+  sometimes with undefined behavior.  This affects time stamps before
+  1970 and after 2106, and time stamps after 2038 on platforms with
+  32-bit signed time_t.  [bug present since the beginning]
+
   Support for VMS and Amiga has been removed.  It was not working anyway,
   and it reportedly caused file name glitches on MS-Windowsish platforms.