From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jambunathan K Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#11807: (Windows XP issue?) Re: bug#11807: M-x display-time-world & EDT/DST Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2012 11:13:08 +0530 Message-ID: <817gup5p8z.fsf@gmail.com> References: <81lij7lv4b.fsf@gmail.com> <814npvkdwo.fsf@gmail.com> <81k3yrn4cx.fsf@gmail.com> <81a9znn20v.fsf@gmail.com> <81pq8jbkzr.fsf@gmail.com> <81hatvbi7i.fsf@gmail.com> <81sjdewjt9.fsf_-_@gmail.com> <83pq8i76l4.fsf@gnu.org> <871ukx4ghk.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1341035030 25475 80.91.229.3 (30 Jun 2012 05:43:50 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2012 05:43:50 +0000 (UTC) Cc: schwab@linux-m68k.org, 11807@debbugs.gnu.org To: Jason Rumney Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Jun 30 07:43:49 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1SkqTD-0003jW-Sd for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 30 Jun 2012 07:43:48 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:59561 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SkqTD-00020m-T5 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 30 Jun 2012 01:43:47 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:58349) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SkqTA-0001wO-7W for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 30 Jun 2012 01:43:45 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SkqT7-0004o6-Hz for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 30 Jun 2012 01:43:43 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:56984) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SkqT7-0004np-CD for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 30 Jun 2012 01:43:41 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SkqXK-0008HX-7J for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 30 Jun 2012 01:48:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Jambunathan K Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2012 05:48:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 11807 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 11807-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B11807.134103527931826 (code B ref 11807); Sat, 30 Jun 2012 05:48:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 11807) by debbugs.gnu.org; 30 Jun 2012 05:47:59 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:38297 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SkqXH-0008HH-2U for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 30 Jun 2012 01:47:59 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-pz0-f44.google.com ([209.85.210.44]:63695) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SkqXF-0008HA-8R for 11807@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 30 Jun 2012 01:47:58 -0400 Original-Received: by dacx6 with SMTP id x6so5024078dac.3 for <11807@debbugs.gnu.org>; Fri, 29 Jun 2012 22:43:34 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=from:to:cc:subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id :user-agent:mime-version:content-type; bh=4FvbVJlj0MFgnK8jK/kfCj/X7J9UQEFyy5pAgVv2/Fc=; b=qhNYuGIns5DbaVUzFjcPLKqcj4pZbQMsyxSS/gXoE8haw9uU7kBPsGUzi0whMiNaAZ i+1MG8tEggL/BPZMbOV7m/oOccq6slQnoe5mx22jy8Z0dVSoCk1984OcMUEMA5q9jddO OvtQp0KEXAGmkOzfyGNdVHN+PXxW4G2bNr6Px+lj9QgplgdP8+418Rs0LCPSfd8VZFYO JGJIlZoeM2VxGYtlRnJPW/gv+9Iz9yYu3Ar1Du7dI3RSna9KPlbrP80+ehRpe94AJt8b O59qt6t80DDoSMQflDHSHBNaf/dvBZF1ydUkoBGOG1YietXDpgup/dEvtvqtpTiulsYC PAyQ== Original-Received: by 10.66.76.37 with SMTP id h5mr5729503paw.42.1341035014901; Fri, 29 Jun 2012 22:43:34 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from JAMBU-NETBOOK ([101.63.116.0]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id qi8sm7445251pbc.36.2012.06.29.22.43.29 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Fri, 29 Jun 2012 22:43:34 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <871ukx4ghk.fsf@gnu.org> (Jason Rumney's message of "Sat, 30 Jun 2012 11:37:43 +0800") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.1 (windows-nt) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:61432 Archived-At: Jason Rumney writes: > Eli Zaretskii writes: > >> I don't think the MS-Windows version of tzset supports TZ values such >> as CET-1CEST. The time-zone strings it supports need to be 3-letter, >> not 4-letter. See this thread for more: > > That may be an issue for that particular timezone string, but I think > the issue is deeper than that. From my recollection, Windows always > applies the timezone rules configured in the system control panel, > it only partially supports TZ environment variables for overriding > those. More precisely, Windows itself does not support the TZ variable > at all, the C runtime library does, but retains calls into the Windows > system library for information that is missing from the TZ variable such > as DST start/end dates (which do not exist for K Jambunathan's locale, > so DST is never applied on his machine). Till such time as a right fix is found, the command has to be either selectively disabled or a warning issued to the user saying that some sort of DST adjustment might have to be made by the user himself. Having a command report incorrect values is not a good idea.