GNU bug report logs - #49748
27.2; format-time-string returns 30 minutes for the value zero

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Hosein <naghdbishi <at> riseup.net>

Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2021 16:36:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: notabug

Found in version 27.2

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #11 received at 49748 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Hosein <naghdbishi <at> riseup.net>
Cc: 49748 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#49748: 27.2; format-time-string returns 30 minutes for the
 value zero
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2021 17:27:47 +0200

Hosein <naghdbishi <at> riseup.net> writes:

> Hi, I expected (format-time-string "%M:%S" 0)) to return "00:00" but
> since I live in a GMT+3:30 time zone it returns "30:00".
>
> Same is true for
> (format-time-string "%Y, %D, %H, %M, %s, %z%S" 0)
> which returns:
>
> "1970, 01/01/70, 03, 30, 0, +033000"

This is how it's designed to work:

(format-time-string "%H:%M:%S" 0)
=> "01:00:00"

here.  If you want the string formatted in universal time, say:

(format-time-string "%H:%M:%S" 0 t)
"00:00:00"

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