Re: [Chicken-janitors] #780: locale egg fails when TZ is "UTC"

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#780: locale egg fails when TZ is "UTC"
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  Reporter:  retroj      |       Owner:  kon   
      Type:  defect      |      Status:  closed
  Priority:  major       |   Milestone:        
 Component:  extensions  |     Version:  4.7.x 
Resolution:  invalid     |    Keywords:        
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Changes (by kon):

  * status:  assigned => closed
  * resolution:  => invalid


Comment:

 Not sure what to do about this. TZ=FOO is ambiguous, what offset should be
 assumed?

 POSIX.1 specifies "std offset" (& "std offset dst
 [offset],start[/time],end[/time]") where the offset is required. So
 TZ=UTC+0 is the correct form.

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Ticket URL: <http://bugs.call-cc.org/ticket/780#comment:3>
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