Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2001 15:00:01 -0700 (PDT) From: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: bin/30321: strftime(3) '%s' format does not work properly Message-ID: <200109042200.f84M01k64138@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/30321; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> To: archie@packetdesign.com Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: bin/30321: strftime(3) '%s' format does not work properly Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2001 17:52:18 -0400 (EDT) <<On Tue, 4 Sep 2001 14:01:02 -0700 (PDT), Archie Cobbs <archie@packetdesign.com> said: > When it does this conversion, it uses the currently set > system time zone instead of using the time zone from the > 'struct tm' argument. Therefore, if the two timezones are > different, incorrect results are computed. This behavior is correct. In the general case, as codified in the ISO C standard, `struct tm' does not contain time zone information. ISO C functions such as strftime() are specified to use the system's time zone. Having said that, `%s' is not specified in either POSIX or ISO C, so we are free to make it mean anything we want. -GAWollman To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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