Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2000 17:32:49 +0200
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	Green on Fri, 22 Dec 2000 12:53:08 +0000)
Subject: Re: strftime: Need Help with Time Offsets
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> From: Jason Green <news AT jgreen4 DOT fsnet DOT co DOT uk>
> Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2000 12:53:08 +0000
> 
> > > Perhaps you could try my test program too, and tell if it does what
> > > you expect it should?
> > 
> > I get similar results to what you reported:
> > 
> >     Fri, 22 Dec 2000 09:53:58 +0000 GMT
> >     Fri, 22 Dec 2000 11:53:58 +7200 IST
> >     Thu, 21 Dec 2000 21:19:58 -0000 TEST1
> >     Fri, 22 Dec 2000 22:27:58 +38040 TEST2
> > 
> > I.e., the issue with negative offsets is reproducible.  But that's not
> > what the original message was talking about, IIRC.  The results in the
> > original message were completely bogus, which I couldn't reproduce.
> 
> I think the original message talked about the GMT offsets printed by
> %z being wrong.

Yes, ``wrong'' a.k.a. ``bogus''.

> In respect of %z, what needs to be done to make strftime() compliant
> with current standards?

It should work like in glibc.

But C99 defines about a dozen more conversion specifiers which aren't
supported by DJGPP right now.  It would be nice to add them as well.