I've started a new thread, but can't see it in the mailing list archives. Please see the patch attached. On Wed, 15 Feb 2023 at 17:34, Almaz Mingaleev <mingaleev@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi Alex, > > Patch is somewhat ready, I will send it once a teammate reviews it. > Should be ready by tomorrow. > > I'd definitely appreciate if Paul checks it too :) > > > On Wed, 15 Feb 2023 at 17:21, Alejandro Colomar <alx.manpages@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > Hi Elliott, Almaz, > > > > On 2/13/23 17:31, enh wrote: > > > (given how complex a topic this is -- based on the discussion on the > > > tz mailing list -- you might want to send a specific suggestion in the > > > form of a patch...) > > > > Thanks, I agree. This is too complex, and it would be nice to > > see a more specific suggestion in the form of a patch. > > I CCed Paul, in case he can help. > > > > Cheers, > > > > Alex > > > > > > > > On Mon, Feb 13, 2023 at 1:15 AM Almaz Mingaleev <mingaleev@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > >> > > >> Friendly ping. > > >> > > >> > > >> On Thu, 28 Jul 2022 at 09:16, Almaz Mingaleev <mingaleev@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > >>> > > >>> Hi Michael, > > >>> Current strftime specification in C language standard is not accurate. > > >>> It tells that tm_isdst is enough to find out time zone's offset. But > > >>> that's not true, for example Europe/Lisbon has changed [0] its > > >>> standard offset from 00:00 to 01:00 and back to 00:00, so an exact > > >>> date is needed to answer that. > > >>> > > >>> To get correct answer with the current glibc tm struct should either > > >>> come from localtime or there should be a mktime call prior to > > >>> strftime. You can find a repro example and discussion here [1]. Paul > > >>> Eggert has proposed a fix to C standard [2]. > > >>> > > >>> Should man pages reflect that i.e. mention that there should be > > >>> localtime/mktime calls for %z and %Z? > > >>> > > >>> Thanks, > > >>> Almaz > > >>> > > >>> P.S. I am resending the email. My previous attempt was bounced back as > > >>> it wasn't TEXT/PLAIN. > > >>> > > >>> [0] https://github.com/eggert/tz/blob/a249a0c64b2f87a24c7f1aab43056fb597c95b96/europe#L2400 > > >>> [1] https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2022-July/031668.html > > >>> [2] https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2022-July/031674.html > > > > -- > > <http://www.alejandro-colomar.es/> > > GPG key fingerprint: A9348594CE31283A826FBDD8D57633D441E25BB5
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