2 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index f8c1d13d97..63a7e346d5 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Mon Mar 26 23:19:33 2001  WATANABE Hirofumi  <eban@ruby-lang.org>
+
+	* time.c (rb_strftime): check whether strftime returns empty string.
+
 Mon Mar 26 21:16:56 2001  Shugo Maeda  <shugo@ruby-lang.org>
 
 	* lib/net/imap.rb: supports response handlers and multiple commands.
diff --git a/time.c b/time.c
index a06f1abf2a..150df2da2f 100644
--- a/time.c
+++ b/time.c
@@ -893,7 +893,7 @@ rb_strftime(buf, format, time)
 	return 0;
     }
     len = strftime(*buf, SMALLBUF, format, time);
-    if (len != 0) return len;
+    if (len != 0 || **buf == '\0') return len;
     for (size=1024; ; size*=2) {
 	*buf = xmalloc(size);
 	(*buf)[0] = '\0';