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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/System/Unix/TimeValue.inc')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/System/Unix/TimeValue.inc | 9 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lib/System/Unix/TimeValue.inc b/lib/System/Unix/TimeValue.inc index 8c8dfcc3b7..77fc9abe52 100644 --- a/lib/System/Unix/TimeValue.inc +++ b/lib/System/Unix/TimeValue.inc @@ -39,8 +39,13 @@ std::string TimeValue::toString() const { TimeValue TimeValue::now() { struct timeval the_time; timerclear(&the_time); - if (0 != ::gettimeofday(&the_time,0)) - ThrowErrno("Couldn't obtain time of day"); + if (0 != ::gettimeofday(&the_time,0)) { + // This is *really* unlikely to occur because the only gettimeofday + // errors concern the timezone parameter which we're passing in as 0. + // In the unlikely case it does happen, just return MinTime, no error + // message needed. + return MinTime; + } return TimeValue( static_cast<TimeValue::SecondsType>( the_time.tv_sec ), |