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bug#14229: invalid TZ and /bin/date
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Paul Eggert |
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bug#14229: invalid TZ and /bin/date |
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Date: |
Thu, 18 Apr 2013 14:29:33 -0700 |
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On 04/18/13 13:24, Donald Berry wrote:
> If an invalid TZ argument is passed to /bin/date,
> it silently fails but prints the UTC result
In the GNU system there is no such thing
as an invalid TZ string. Every TZ string has
some interpretation (typically as UTC).
This is true not just for /bin/date, but for
every other program.