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

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Packages: emacs, w32;

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: "Juanma Barranquero" <lekktu <at> gmail.com>
To: "Ted Zlatanov" <tzz <at> lifelogs.com>
Cc: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: bug#641: format-time-string %Z does not work, starting with Emacs 22.2
Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2008 23:35:16 +0200

On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 21:53, Ted Zlatanov <tzz <at> lifelogs.com> wrote:

> Does this help?  The Microsoft documentation linked by this article
> implies that GetTimeZoneInformation() will DTRT.
>
> http://www.chronos-st.org/Discovering%20the%20Local%20Time%20Zone--Why%20It%27s%20a%20Hard%20Problem.html

It does return the "Microsoft timezone name", not Posix. In my system,
it currently returns "Hora de verano romance".

   Juanma
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