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.
next prev 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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