GNU bug report logs - #14229
invalid TZ and /bin/date

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Message #8 received at 14229 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Donald Berry <dberry <at> redhat.com>
Cc: 14229 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#14229: invalid TZ and /bin/date
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2013 14:29:33 -0700

On 04/18/13 13:24, Donald Berry wrote:
> If an invalid TZ argument is passed to /bin/date,
> it silently fails but prints the UTC result

In the GNU system there is no such thing
as an invalid TZ string.  Every TZ string has
some interpretation (typically as UTC).
This is true not just for /bin/date, but for
every other program.

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