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bug#641: format-time-string %Z does not work, starting with Emacs 22.2
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
bug#641: format-time-string %Z does not work, starting with Emacs 22.2 |
Date: |
Wed, 06 Aug 2008 06:22:10 +0300 |
> From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>
> Cc: <rudalics@gmx.at>, <bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
> Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2008 16:54:32 -0700
>
> You intentionally broke existing code
Code that didn't expect "" from %Z was already broken.
> and reduced the utility of the function
Please complain to Microsoft: if they modify `tzname' to be compliant,
the previous code can be reinstated.
> Not only does it break my existing code, but I don't see any way now to get a
> timezone name (on Windows) even by changing the code. Can you tell me how to
> do
> that?
I'd use %z.
> > "Pacific Daylight Time" is not a Posix- or RFC-822 compliant timezone
> > specification.
>
> So? What requires `format-time-string' to use only Posix- or RFC-822 specs?
I explained that in my message.
> AFAICT, the functionality and usefulness has been reduced.
I understood your opinion the first time, no need to repeat it over
and over again.
> If you absolutely need a Posix-compliant spec for some use (e.g. mail), why
> don't you add a new one - %P
%Z is already a Posix format.
> Are you really convinced this is TRT?
Yes.
- bug#641: format-time-string %Z does not work, starting with Emacs 22.2, Drew Adams, 2008/08/01
- bug#641: format-time-string %Z does not work, starting with Emacs 22.2, martin rudalics, 2008/08/04
- bug#641: format-time-string %Z does not work, starting with Emacs 22.2, Drew Adams, 2008/08/04
- bug#641: format-time-string %Z does not work, starting with Emacs 22.2, martin rudalics, 2008/08/05
- bug#641: format-time-string %Z does not work, starting with Emacs 22.2, Eli Zaretskii, 2008/08/05
- bug#641: format-time-string %Z does not work, starting with Emacs 22.2, Drew Adams, 2008/08/05
- bug#641: format-time-string %Z does not work, starting with Emacs 22.2,
Eli Zaretskii <=
- bug#641: format-time-string %Z does not work, starting with Emacs 22.2, Drew Adams, 2008/08/06
- bug#641: format-time-string %Z does not work, starting with Emacs 22.2, Eli Zaretskii, 2008/08/06
- bug#641: format-time-string %Z does not work, starting with Emacs 22.2, Drew Adams, 2008/08/06
- bug#641: format-time-string %Z does not work, starting with Emacs 22.2, Juanma Barranquero, 2008/08/06
- bug#641: format-time-string %Z does not work, starting with Emacs 22.2, Drew Adams, 2008/08/06
- bug#641: format-time-string %Z does not work, starting with Emacs 22.2, Juanma Barranquero, 2008/08/06
- Message not available
- Re: bug#641: format-time-string %Z does not work, starting with Emacs 22.2, Ted Zlatanov, 2008/08/06
- bug#641: format-time-string %Z does not work, starting with Emacs 22.2, Juanma Barranquero, 2008/08/06
- bug#641: format-time-string %Z does not work, starting with Emacs 22.2, Eli Zaretskii, 2008/08/06
- Message not available
- Re: bug#641: format-time-string %Z does not work, starting with Emacs 22.2, Ted Zlatanov, 2008/08/07