also sprach GOTO Masanori <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005.05.02.0610 +0200]: > I agreed to Dickopp (you read the standard in detail). This is the > implementation dependent behavior.
I never proposed to change the standard. I proposed to make use of
implementation-dependent freedom to implement timezones sensibly.
Right now, I think it's broken.
> If your wish is just for date command, and you did not request to
> change the current libc standard behavior, we can propose other
> fixes.
This was the original proposal, to which your only comment was that
I should read the standard.
> The simplest idea is to use strptime and parse them, and check the
> validity. Another idea is to create new function tzvalid() that
> inspects the validity of timezone value. Other idea is date command
> parses /usr/share/timezone directory - it's a bit ugly change, though.
tzvalid() sounds fine. And if the timezone is not valid, a warning
can be issued and GMT used instead.
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