Bug#271428: closed by Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net> (Re: date: wrong timezone info)
On Mon, Jul 07, 2008 at 12:49:52PM +0200, martin f krafft wrote:
> unarchive 271428
> reopen 271428
> notfixed 271428 2.5-1
> found 271428 2.3.2.ds1-17
> found 271428 2.7-12
> thanks
>
> also sprach Debian Bug Tracking System <owner@bugs.debian.org> [2008.07.07.0527 +0200]:
> > #271428: date: wrong timezone info
> >
> > It has been closed by Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net>.
> [...]
> > This bug has been fixed in glibc 2.5-1. Closing the bug.
>
> I can still see the behaviour here with 2.7.
>
> piper% TZ=wrongtimezone
> Mon Jul 7 05:32:23 UTC 2008
>
Sorry but I don't understand why you reopened this bug. Before the
output was:
(etch)[volta:~]$ TZ=wrongtimezone date
Mon Jul 7 15:45:25 wrongtimezone 2008
Now it is:
(sid)[volta:~]$ TZ=wrongtimezone date
Mon Jul 7 15:47:13 UTC 2008
This is exactly what you asked in the bug report:
martin f krafft wrote:
> I failed to make myself clear. No, Croatia/Split is not a correct
> timezone. My point is that `date` then uses GMT, and it should
> display this.
>
> So while the output is:
>
> Tue Sep 14 06:19:23 Croatia/Split 2004
>
> it should be
>
> Tue Sep 14 06:19:23 GMT 2004
>
> Do you see what I mean?
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