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date: warn on invalid TZ string (was: date ignoring wrong

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From: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
To: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
Cc: 9614 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Sandro Santilli <strk <at> keybit.net>
Subject: Re: bug#9614: date ignoring wrong TZ values
Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2011 23:47:50 +0200

Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com> writes:

>  $ TZ=NZ+1 date # No zone reported

This is undefined.  A zone name in a POSIX time zone must have at least
three letters.

Andreas.

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