GNU bug report logs - #641
format-time-string %Z does not work, starting with Emacs 22.2

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Packages: w32, emacs;

Reported by: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2008 16:55:06 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Merged with 9794

Found in versions 22.2, 23.0.60, 24.0.90

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
To: 641 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#641: format-time-string %Z does not work, starting with Emacs 22.2
Date: Mon, 04 Aug 2008 23:24:12 +0200

> emacs -Q
> M-: (format-time-string "%Z) ==> ""
> M-: (format-time-string "%z) ==> "-0700"
>
> The %Z string is incorrect. In my case, it should be (as it is in
> Emacs 20 and Emacs 22.1): "Pacific Daylight Time".
>
> This same bug appears in Emacs 23.  This is a regression from Emacs
> 22.1.

See

2007-06-07  Jason Rumney  <jasonr <at> gnu.org>

	* s/ms-w32.h: Don't define HAVE_TZNAME.

	* editfns.c (Fcurrent_time_zone): Remove hack for Japanese Windows.

and the preceding discussion starting with

http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2007-06/msg00334.html

martin
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