timeutils: fix bad pointer cast that leads to timestamp overwriting #305
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In `log_msg_parse_date()` the variable `now` is of type `GTimeVal`. Its member `tv_sec` is of type `long`, and its address was cast to a `time_t` pointer. This led bad argument passing to the `cached_localtime()` function. Fixes: syslog-ng#304 Signed-off-by: Budai Laszlo <Laszlo.Budai@balabit.com>
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timeutils: fix bad pointer cast that leads to timestamp overwriting
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In
log_msg_parse_date()the variablenowis of typeGTimeVal.Its member
tv_secis of typelong, and its address was cast to atime_tpointer.
This led bad argument passing to the
cached_localtime()function.Fixes: #304
Signed-off-by: Budai Laszlo Laszlo.Budai@balabit.com