Re: srfi-19 time-utc->date bug

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hi,

Eric Eisner <address@hidden> writes:

> In the srfi-19 module, the various conversion functions from time to
> date all have the interesting behavior that the zone-offset: property of
> the output date is somewhere in the range of -18000 to -44000.
> For a specific test case:
> "(date-zone-offset (time-utc->date (make-time 'time-utc 0 0)))"

Note that you should use "time-utc" (a variable name) rather than
"'time-utc" (the symbol).

> evaluates to -18000
>
> Running guile 1.8.1, Debian Etch linux 2.6.18

I believe this is fixed in 1.8.2:

  guile> (date-zone-offset (time-utc->date (make-time time-utc 0 0) -3000))
  -3000

Can you try it out?  1.8.2 is not yet in Debian but it's available from
any GNU mirror.

What's the timezone of your locale?

Thanks,
Ludovic.