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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: 9794@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#9794: 24.0.90; `format-time-string' no good for %Z
Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2011 09:47:40 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <83aa8xv2w3.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <68A313A7DDAA4912A255DAFE495606F9@us.oracle.com>

> From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>
> Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2011 23:44:15 -0700
> 
> emacs -Q
>  
> M-: (format-time-string "Started: %a %b %e %T %Y (%Z)" (current-time))
>  
> For me that produces this:
>  
> "Started: Tue Oct 18 23:40:28 2011 ()"
>  
> The %Z doesn't work at all.  This is a regression that started in Emacs
> 22.  In Emacs 20 and 21 (emacs -Q) it works correctly, displaying this:
>  
> "Started: Tue Oct 18 23:40:28 2011 (Pacific Daylight Time)"
> 
> If Emacs 20 can pick up the name Pacific Daylight Time correctly, from wherever
> it gets it, then so should Emacs 24 be able to do so.  No user config (e.g.
> setting env vars) should be necessary.  (That doesn't preclude user config - the
> point is that even without it %Z should DTRT.)

This is an old bug #641, see there regarding the explanation why the
current behavior is correct.





  parent reply	other threads:[~2011-10-19  7:47 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-10-19  6:44 bug#9794: 24.0.90; `format-time-string' no good for %Z Drew Adams
2011-10-19  7:43 ` Drew Adams
2011-10-19  8:33   ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-10-19 13:20     ` Jason Rumney
2011-10-19 14:28       ` Drew Adams
2011-10-19 15:26       ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-10-19 16:08       ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-10-20  7:48         ` Paul Eggert
2011-10-20  9:24           ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-10-20  9:46             ` Andreas Schwab
2011-10-20 10:05               ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-10-20 10:10                 ` Andreas Schwab
2011-10-20 10:49                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-10-20 11:22                     ` Andreas Schwab
2011-10-20 12:58                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-10-20 13:06                         ` Andreas Schwab
2011-10-20 13:18                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-10-20 15:23                         ` Paul Eggert
2011-10-20 16:03                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-10-21 15:40             ` Jason Rumney
2011-10-21 17:34               ` Paul Eggert
2011-10-22  9:21               ` bug#641: " Eli Zaretskii
2011-10-19 14:29     ` Drew Adams
2011-10-19 15:13       ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-10-19  7:47 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2011-10-19 14:28   ` Drew Adams

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