GNU bug report logs - #23600
25.1.50; encode-time returns wrong result

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Kazuhiro Ito <kzhr <at> d1.dion.ne.jp>

Date: Sun, 22 May 2016 22:12:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 25.1.50

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: kzhr <at> d1.dion.ne.jp, 23600 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#23600: 25.1.50; encode-time returns wrong result
Date: Sat, 4 Jun 2016 15:18:43 -0700

Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> I think it would be cleaner if we copied the string before modifying
> it.

Other parts of Emacs modify the string in place and expect the modifications to 
affect the time zone setting, so in general it won't work to copy the string, 
modify the copy, and pass the copy's address to putenv.
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