Fix documentation for MBEDTLS_HAVE_DATE_TIME

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Andres Amaya Garcia 2018-08-21 19:32:44 +01:00
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/**
* \def MBEDTLS_HAVE_TIME_DATE
*
* System has time.h and time(), gmtime_s() (Windows), gmtime_r() (POSIX) or
* gmtime() and the clock is correct.
* System has time.h, time(), an implementation for mbedtls_platform_gmtime(),
* and the clock is correct.
* The time needs to be correct (not necesarily very accurate, but at least
* the date should be correct). This is used to verify the validity period of
* X.509 certificates.
*
* Comment if your system does not have a correct clock.
*
* \warning gmtime() is used if the target platform is neither Windows nor
* POSIX. Unfortunately, gmtime() is not thread-safe, so a mutex is used when
* MBEDTLS_THREADING_C is defined to guarantee sequential usage of gmtime()
* across Mbed TLS threads. However, applications must ensure that calls to
* gmtime() from outside the library also use the mutex to avoid concurrency
* issues.
* \note mbedtls_platform_gmtime() is an abstraction in platform_util.h that
* when called behaves similar to the gmtime() function from the C standard,
* but is thread safe. Mbed TLS will try to identify the underlying platform
* and configure an appropriate underlying implementation (e.g. gmtime_r() for
* POSIX and gmtime_s() for Windows). If this is not possible, then gmtime()
* will be used. Refer to the documentation for mbedtls_platform_gmtime() for
* more information.
*
* \note It is possible to configure an implementation for
* mbedtls_platform_gmtime() at compile-time by using the macro
* MBEDTLS_PLATFORM_GMTIME_ALT.
*/
#define MBEDTLS_HAVE_TIME_DATE