Bug 4028

Summary: date output is surprising when TZ is set to an unknown locale
Product: glibc Reporter: Pierre Habouzit <madcoder>
Component: libcAssignee: Ulrich Drepper <drepper.fsp>
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX    
Severity: normal CC: glibc-bugs
Priority: P2 Flags: fweimer: security-
Version: unspecified   
Target Milestone: ---   
Host: Target:
Build: Last reconfirmed:
Attachments: proposed patch

Description Pierre Habouzit 2007-02-12 09:35:28 UTC 
for example:

$ TZ=IDIOT date
Wed Jan 19 19:54:58 IDIOT 2000

here it's harmless. but for 
$ TZ=PST date
Mon Feb 12 09:34:02 PST 2007

it's not ast the correct value is:
$ TZ=PST8DST date
Mon Feb 12 01:34:14 PST 2007


Attached is a patch that do not reuse TZ value if no offset was provided, and 
that instead clearly state that UTC was the chosen timezone to display the 
date.
Comment 1 Pierre Habouzit 2007-02-12 09:38:32 UTC 
Created attachment 1548 [details]
proposed patch
Comment 2 Ulrich Drepper 2007-02-12 15:00:40 UTC 
The existing behavior is as valid as any other.  Any change will disrupt things,
though.  No change.
Comment 3 Aurelien Jarno 2009-05-10 13:12:39 UTC 
This bug has been solved in version 2.10, despite the WONTFIX tag.