> On Oct 15, 2025, at 16:54, Алена Васильева <gorcom2012(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> The function timestamptz_to_str() in src/bin/pg_waldump/compat.c does not
> handle the case when localtime() returns NULL, which can happen for timestamps
> that are out of the supported time_t range on some platforms.
>
> This patch adds a simple check for a NULL return value and ensures that the
> function returns a clear error string "(timestamp out of range)" instead of
> causing undefined behavior or a crash.
>
>
I think we can just return a static const string, without copying the string into “buf" as the function returns a “const char *”.
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