GNU bug report logs - #34684
26.1; Strange characters when inserting date

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From: Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Philip.Wong <at> warwick.ac.uk, 34684 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#34684: 26.1; Strange characters when inserting date
Date: Fri, 01 Mar 2019 14:49:34 +0100

Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com> writes:

> Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
>
>>> From: Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com>
>>> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>,  34684 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
>>> Date: Fri, 01 Mar 2019 11:00:01 +0100
>>> 
>>> > It could be some snafu in Org, though, e.,g. if it doesn't know how to
>>> > support that value of $LANG.  In any case, should be reported to Org
>>> > developers first.
>>> 
>>> org-time-stamp just calls essentially
>>> 
>>> (insert (format-time-string "<%Y-%m-%d %a>" (current-time)))
>>> 
>>> so itʼs hard to see how this could be an issue in Org.
>>
>> That's only so if the above produces the same garbled result as in the
>> original report.  Does it?
>
> Didnʼt I send this yesterday?
>
> $ LANG=zh_HK src/emacs -Q -l ss.el
> (require 'org)
> (org-time-stamp)
> <2019-03-01 五>
>
> I think '五' is 'Five', but donʼt quote me on that.
>
> So at least for me itʼs working correctly (in both *scratch* and an
> Org-mode buffer), which means thereʼs something wrong in the
> reporter's configuration somewhere.

And also

(insert (format-time-string "<%Y-%m-%d %a>" (current-time)))

produces the same result for me.

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