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

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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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Message #55 received at 23600 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Kazuhiro Ito <kzhr <at> d1.dion.ne.jp>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 23600 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: 25.1.50; encode-time returns wrong result
Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2016 23:05:52 +0900

> > I noticed that calling format-time-string (or encode-time) with
> > time-zone string fixes the problem.  But I can't see why.
>
> I think I see the problem, at least on GNU/Linux: localtime_r needs
> someone else to call tzset. I installed the attached patch into the
> master branch, to do that.

I confirmed the patch resolves the problem.  Thank you for the fix.

-- 
Kazuhiro Ito
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