branch: elpa/datetime
commit d8674ac11f9ebb702e5bbac10a4a6e5542958ef5
Author: Paul Pogonyshev <pogonys...@gmail.com>
Commit: Paul Pogonyshev <pogonys...@gmail.com>
Improve system timezone determination for Linux machines.
---
datetime.el | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/datetime.el b/datetime.el
index b6745e07d6..c592177d42 100644
--- a/datetime.el
+++ b/datetime.el
@@ -199,12 +199,34 @@ when necessary."
datetime-timezone
(warn "Timezone `%S' (value of `datetime-timezone' variable)
is not known")
nil))
- (let ((system-timezone (intern (or (cadr (current-time-zone))
"?"))))
- (if (extmap-contains-key datetime--timezone-extmap
system-timezone)
- system-timezone
- (error "Failed to determine system timezone; consider
customizing `datetime-timezone' variable"))))
+ (datetime--determine-system-timezone))
(or timezone 'UTC))))
+(defun datetime--determine-system-timezone ()
+ ;; Unfortunately, there is no simple way. `current-time-zone' might
+ ;; look as one, but it often returns a name that is not understood
+ ;; by this library. These heuristics are certainly incomplete.
+ (save-match-data
+ (let ((system-timezone (intern (or (pcase system-type
+ ((or `gnu `gnu/linux `gnu/kfreebsd)
+ (or ;; For Debian-based distros.
+ (when (file-exists-p
"/etc/timezone")
+ (condition-case nil
+ (with-temp-buffer
+
(insert-file-contents-literally "/etc/timezone")
+ (when (looking-at "\\S-+")
+
(match-string-no-properties 0)))
+ (error)))
+ ;; Freedesktop standard (?).
+ (let ((locatime (file-symlink-p
"/etc/localtime")))
+ (when (and locatime
(string-match "/usr/share/zoneinfo/\\(.+\\)" locatime))
+ (match-string-no-properties 1
locatime))))))
+ (cadr (current-time-zone))
+ "?"))))
+ (if (extmap-contains-key datetime--timezone-extmap system-timezone)
+ system-timezone
+ (error "Failed to determine system timezone; consider customizing
`datetime-timezone' variable")))))
+
(defun datetime--parse-pattern (type pattern options)
(let ((parser (cdr (assq type datetime--pattern-parsers))))
