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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From: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
To: Hosein <naghdbishi <at> riseup.net>
Cc: 49748 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#49748: 27.2; format-time-string returns 30 minutes for the value zero
Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2021 18:42:25 +0200

On Jul 27 2021, Hosein wrote:

> 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".

You already provide the reason.  If you want to operate in the UTC
timezone, say so.

Andreas.

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