[PATCH] test_timestamp.py changes for win32

[Aaron Bentley]

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Alexander Belchenko wrote:
>>> This test is not checking negative dates.  1969-12-31 19:00:00 -0500 is
>>> 1970-01-01 0:00:00 +0000, and we ought to be able to represent that on
>>> all platforms.  So win32 seems to be broken (admittedly on an edge case.)
>>>
>>>> We shouldn't avoid the test on platforms where it succeeds. and
>>>> "knownFailure" gives us a way to say "yeah, this doesn't work on this
>>>> platform".
>>> I think KnownFailure is meant to reflect a bug in our code.  A
>>> KnownFailure should always fail.  It is an error for such a test to
>>> succeed when we expect it to fail.
>>>
>>> Since it relates to platforms, UnavailableFeature seems more appropriate.
> 
> Here the patch with GmtimeNegativeSecondsFeature.
> Can someone check this patch on Linux?
> (python bzr --no-plugins selftest test_timestamp -v)

Having looked at the implementation, I don't think that win32 is broken
at all.  I think the implementation is broken, but only win32 reveals
the bug.  Any timestamp on or after the epoch should not cause us to
call gmtime with a negative value.

Aaron
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