[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #45592] strftime problem with %z

[Vic Norton]

URL:
  <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?45592>

                 Summary: strftime problem with %z
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: vicnorton
            Submitted on: Mon 20 Jul 2015 09:42:37 PM GMT
                Category: Libraries
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: None
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: Vic Norton
        Originator Email: 
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: 3.8.2
        Operating System: Any

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Details:

The commands

  printf("  %sn", strftime("%Y-%m-%d %X %Z", gmtime(1420027200)));
  printf("  %sn", strftime("%Y-%m-%d %X %Z", gmtime(1435665600)));
  printf("  %sn", strftime("%Y-%m-%d %X %Z", gmtime(1451563200)));

but

  printf("  %sn", strftime("%Y-%m-%d %X %z", gmtime(1420027200)));
  printf("  %sn", strftime("%Y-%m-%d %X %z", gmtime(1435665600)));
  printf("  %sn", strftime("%Y-%m-%d %X %z", gmtime(1451563200)));

give gibberish in the time zone field.
See
<http://search.cpan.org/~dexter/POSIX-strftime-GNU-0.0301/lib/POSIX/strftime/GNU.pm>.




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