[Chicken-users] BUG: posix#string->time

[Andy Bennett]

Hi,

string->time from the posix egg doesn't seem to be able to parse
timezones with an offset greater than 12 hours from UTC:

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#;63> (define x (cut string->time <> "%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S %z"))
#;64> (x "Fri, 02 Nov 2012 04:12:23 -1300")
#f
#;65> (x "Fri, 02 Nov 2012 04:12:23 -1200")
#(23 12 4 2 10 112 5 306 #f 43200)
#;66> (x "Fri, 02 Nov 2012 04:12:23 -1201")
#f
#;67> (x "Fri, 02 Nov 2012 04:12:23 +0000")
#(23 12 4 2 10 112 5 306 #f 0)
#;68> (x "Fri, 02 Nov 2012 04:12:23 +1200")
#(23 12 4 2 10 112 5 306 #f -43200)
#;69> (x "Fri, 02 Nov 2012 04:12:23 +1201")
#f
#;70> (x "Fri, 02 Nov 2012 04:12:23 +1300")
#f
#;71>
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NZ is currently +1300 so string->time cannot handle all worldwide
"current time" values.


Is this considered a bug?



Regards,
@ndy

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