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bug#9614: date ignoring wrong TZ values
From: |
Andreas Schwab |
Subject: |
bug#9614: date ignoring wrong TZ values |
Date: |
Wed, 28 Sep 2011 23:04:11 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.90 (gnu/linux) |
Sandro Santilli <address@hidden> writes:
> On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 12:19:22AM +0200, Andreas Schwab wrote:
>> Pádraig Brady <address@hidden> writes:
>>
>> > $ TZ=Japan+1 date
>>
>> This is a well-formed POSIX timezone.
>
> Meaning UTC+1 ?
The timzone name has no meaning, only the offset matters.
>> > $ TZ=Japan date
>>
>> This is a non-POSIX timezone that happens to match an Olson timezone.
>
> non-POSIX means illegal ?
It means unspecified (but not undefined), ie. the implementation may
reject it or do something sensible.
Andreas.
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"And now for something completely different."
- bug#9614: date ignoring wrong TZ values, Sandro Santilli, 2011/09/27
- bug#9614: date ignoring wrong TZ values, Pádraig Brady, 2011/09/27
- bug#9614: date ignoring wrong TZ values, Sandro Santilli, 2011/09/27
- bug#9614: date ignoring wrong TZ values, Pádraig Brady, 2011/09/27
- bug#9614: date ignoring wrong TZ values, Andreas Schwab, 2011/09/27
- bug#9614: date ignoring wrong TZ values, Pádraig Brady, 2011/09/27
- bug#9614: date ignoring wrong TZ values, Andreas Schwab, 2011/09/27
- bug#9614: date ignoring wrong TZ values, Sandro Santilli, 2011/09/28
- bug#9614: date ignoring wrong TZ values,
Andreas Schwab <=
- bug#9614: date ignoring wrong TZ values, Sandro Santilli, 2011/09/29
bug#9614: date ignoring wrong TZ values, Andreas Schwab, 2011/09/27