GNU bug report logs - #79437
30.2; world-clock silently and incorrectly parses invalid time zone

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Message #17 received at 79437 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 79437 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, jorge+git <at> disr.it
Subject: Re: bug#79437: 30.2; world-clock silently and incorrectly parses
 invalid time zone
Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2025 08:05:55 -0700

On 2025-09-13 08:02, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> Wouldn't such a test be expensive (scan the entire
> timezone DB)?

No, as we merely need to check whether the TZ setting matches a time 
zone file. (This is for the typical case where each named time zone has 
a file; Android would be different.)

Yeah, probably not worth the hassle.

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