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From: Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>
To: bug-gnulib@gnu.org
Subject: Re: nstrftime %c bug w.r.t. time zone
Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2024 14:55:44 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3170061.fEcJ0Lxnt5@nimes> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2383643.yKrmzQ4Hd0@nimes>

> 2024-02-08  Bruno Haible  <bruno@clisp.org>
> 
> 	nstrtime, c-nstrftime: Fix %c directive's result on NetBSD, Solaris.
> 	* lib/strftime.c (__strftime_internal): On NetBSD and Solaris, remove
> 	the last word of the %c directive's result if it looks like a time zone.

This patch adds a mention of the problem to the documentation:


diff --git a/doc/posix-functions/strftime.texi b/doc/posix-functions/strftime.texi
index 7c4c0391fa..b62ea37fdb 100644
--- a/doc/posix-functions/strftime.texi
+++ b/doc/posix-functions/strftime.texi
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@
 Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
 @itemize
 @item
+The %c specifier does not work with a time retrieved through @code{gmtime}
+or @code{gmtime_r}, since it outputs also the current time zone,
+on some platforms:
+NetBSD 9.3, Solaris 11.4.
+@item
 The %r specifier produces empty output, at least in a French locale,
 on some platforms:
 macOS 12.5, FreeBSD 14.0.





  reply	other threads:[~2024-02-08 13:57 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-02-08  0:04 nstrftime %c bug w.r.t. time zone Bruno Haible
2024-02-08 11:50 ` Bruno Haible
2024-02-08 13:55   ` Bruno Haible [this message]
2024-02-09  7:36   ` Paul Eggert
2024-02-09 10:10     ` Bruno Haible

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