GNU bug report logs - #15816
24.3; (format-time-string "%h") returns "" instead of month

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: andrea.rossetti <at> gmail.com

Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2013 00:07:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 24.3

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #11 received at 15816 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Bastien <bzg <at> altern.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: andrea.rossetti <at> gmail.com, 15816 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#15816: 24.3;
 (format-time-string "%h") returns "" instead of month
Date: Wed, 06 Nov 2013 07:46:18 +0100

Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

>> (format-time-string "%h")
>> I get a return value of "" instead of "nov" meaning
>
> I get "nov" here under GNU/Linux.

If I may chim in: someone reported the same problem on the orgmode
list, this seems limited to Windows users.

By the way, the docstring of `format-time-string' suggests that
%b and %h are equivalent: is there a difference?

-- 
 Bastien
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