timing.cc : Assert triggered in some situation

[<jean-guilhem.nousse () orange com>]

Hi,

During some scans, nmap stops due the function "assert" in the file timing.cc. This bug is quite random, but occurs 
generally at the beginning of a step (for example when the syn scan starts or the version scan). It also affects my 
colleague. For me, this issue should only affect the display of statistic and not the whole scan.
I didn't understand why the function "localtime" is returning a NULL value, but as workaround, I rewrite in the patch 
the test in order to modify the output when this error occurs rather than ending the scan.

What do you think of this solution ?


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