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Plistlib fails to load dates before year 1901 and after year 2038 in binary format on platforms with 32-bit time_t.
>>> data = plistlib.dumps(datetime.datetime(1901, 1, 1), fmt=plistlib.FMT_BINARY)
>>> plistlib.loads(data)
Traceback (most recent call last):
 File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
 File "/home/serhiy/py/cpython/Lib/plistlib.py", line 1006, in loads
 fp, fmt=fmt, use_builtin_types=use_builtin_types, dict_type=dict_type)
 File "/home/serhiy/py/cpython/Lib/plistlib.py", line 997, in load
 return p.parse(fp)
 File "/home/serhiy/py/cpython/Lib/plistlib.py", line 623, in parse
 return self._read_object(self._object_offsets[top_object])
 File "/home/serhiy/py/cpython/Lib/plistlib.py", line 688, in _read_object
 return datetime.datetime.utcfromtimestamp(f + (31 * 365 + 8) * 86400)
OverflowError: timestamp out of range for platform time_t
>>> data = plistlib.dumps(datetime.datetime(2039, 1, 1), fmt=plistlib.FMT_BINARY)
>>> plistlib.loads(data)
Traceback (most recent call last):
 File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
 File "/home/serhiy/py/cpython/Lib/plistlib.py", line 1006, in loads
 fp, fmt=fmt, use_builtin_types=use_builtin_types, dict_type=dict_type)
 File "/home/serhiy/py/cpython/Lib/plistlib.py", line 997, in load
 return p.parse(fp)
 File "/home/serhiy/py/cpython/Lib/plistlib.py", line 623, in parse
 return self._read_object(self._object_offsets[top_object])
 File "/home/serhiy/py/cpython/Lib/plistlib.py", line 688, in _read_object 
 return datetime.datetime.utcfromtimestamp(f + (31 * 365 + 8) * 86400) 
OverflowError: timestamp out of range for platform time_t
Proposed patch fixes this issue.