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Date:	Thu, 8 Jan 2015 16:26:38 +0100
From:	Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: Bug in strftime %z (was: Possible defect in email.exe re: sent timestamp)
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On Jan  7 22:50, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> Hi Christian,
>=20
>=20
> thanks for the testcase!
>=20
> On Dec 19 19:44, Christian Franke wrote:
> > $ cat strftest.c
> > #include <time.h>
> > #include <stdio.h>
> > #include <stdlib.h>
> >=20
> > int main(int argc, char **argv)
> > {
> >   time_t t =3D (argc > 1 ? atol(argv[1]) : time(NULL));
> >   struct tm *tm =3D localtime(&t);
> >   char buf[100];
> >   strftime(buf, sizeof(buf), "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S %z (%Z)", tm);
> >   printf("%s\n", buf);
> >   return 0;
> > }
> >=20
> > $ gcc -o strftest strftest.c
> >=20
> > $ echo $TZ
> > Europe/Berlin
> >=20
> > $ ./strftest 1419010000
> > 2014-12-19 18:26:40 +0200 (CET)
> >=20
> > $ ./strftest 1436200000
> > 2015-07-06 18:26:40 +0053 (CEST)
>=20
> Surprisingly this is an old problem which exists in this form since 2011.
> Weird that nobody noticed it so far.  Or I missed earlier bug reports :}
> The underlying cause was that the info for std and dst offsets was taken
> from the wrong spot in the file.  The weird 0053 offset is a result of
> wrongly using the LMT offset for Europe/Berlin.
>=20
> While this fixes the problem for recent timestamps, it will probably
> fail for older timestamps when other dst rules were active.
>=20
> The latest Cygwin versions come with an extended struct tm which adds
> members tm_offset and tm_zone for newly built applications.  I'm working
> on a patch so strftime utilizes these members if they are available.
> I hope to get this finished tomorrow.

I uploaded a snapshot containing the fixes in tzload and strftime to
https://cygwin.com/snapshots/  Please give it a try.


Thanks,
Corinna

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