Subject: bug#9614: date ignoring wrong TZ values

From: Assaf Gordon <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2018 08:11:44 -0600

tags 9614 wontfix
severity 9614 wishlist
retitle 9614 date: warn on invalid TZ string (was: date ignoring wrong 
TZ values)
stop

(triaging old bugs)

Hello,

On 27/09/11 11:48 PM, Paul Eggert wrote:
> On 09/27/11 22:44, Sandro Santilli wrote:
>> A warning/error message with hint on how to correctly form
>> the string would be very friendly for users
> 
> Unfortunately, there's no portable way to determine
> which TZ values are supported on the current platform.
> One cannot even reliably determine whether the current TZ
> value is supported.  So it's not clear how that warning
> would be generated.
> 
> Also, lots of programs use TZ; it's not just "date".
> 

Based on the above, and no follow-ups in 7 years,
I'm closing this bug. Discussion can continue by replying to this thread.

-assaf