GNU bug report logs - #7337
23.2; (require 'time) changes timezone

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Kevin Ryde <user42 <at> zip.com.au>

Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2010 21:45:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 23.2

Done: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
To: Kevin Ryde <user42 <at> zip.com.au>
Cc: 7337 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Subject: Re: bug#7337: 23.2; (require 'time) changes timezone
Date: Mon, 08 Aug 2011 11:55:35 -0400

Kevin Ryde <user42 <at> zip.com.au> writes:

> Oh, they might be dodgy too.  I suppose set-time-zone-rule changes the C
> level environ[], but the lisp `getenv' looks in the process-environment
> variable, not environ[].  Does that sound right?  Should
> set-time-zone-rule set TZ in process-environment?

Yes, Lisp code should typically use (setenv "TZ" ...) rather than
set-time-zone-rule for this reason.  I have updated the doc of
set-time-zone-rule, and changed the users of set-time-zone-rule
accordingly.
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