From: Otto Moerbeek <otto.moerbeek@open-xchange.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2025 14:40:41 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: Fix a bug: some C++ libraries do not use 0 as epoch but a negative number
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Fix a bug: some C++ libraries do not use 0 as epoch but a negative number

Signed-off-by: Otto Moerbeek <otto.moerbeek@open-xchange.com>
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diff --git a/pdns/recursordist/nod.cc b/pdns/recursordist/nod.cc
index 0e661c33e2..e50f4ceee4 100644
--- a/pdns/recursordist/nod.cc
+++ b/pdns/recursordist/nod.cc
@@ -63,7 +63,8 @@ bool PersistentSBF::init(bool ignore_pid)
       if (filesystem::exists(path) && filesystem::is_directory(path)) {
         remove_tmp_files(path, lock);
         filesystem::path newest_file;
-        filesystem::file_time_type newest_time{};
+        // Tricky business, some C++ libs do not use 0 as epoch!
+        filesystem::file_time_type newest_time{filesystem::file_time_type::min()};
         Regex file_regex(d_prefix + ".*\\." + bf_suffix + "$");
         for (const auto& file : filesystem::directory_iterator(path)) {
           if (filesystem::is_regular_file(file.path()) && file_regex.match(file.path().filename().c_str())) {