GNU bug report logs - #9794
24.0.90; `format-time-string' no good for %Z

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Packages: emacs, w32;

Reported by: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2011 06:46:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Merged with 641

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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Message #73 received at 9794 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: schwab <at> linux-m68k.org, 9794 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#9794: 24.0.90; `format-time-string' no good for %Z
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2011 18:03:50 +0200

> Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2011 08:23:29 -0700
> From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
> CC: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>, 9794 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> The simplest way around the problem, which is what Emacs Lisp
> code does now, is to follow Andreas's advice use %z.  Any
> outside-of-Emacs Lisp code that uses %Z for RFC822 zones should
> be fixed to use %z, because %Z does not work and has never worked
> in general.

OK, thanks for explaining.  I will wait a few days for Jason to agree
or disagree, and if no objections pop up, I will commit the changes to
config.nt.
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