Re: Bash 4.2 printf %()T seems to ignore TZ

[Andreas Schwab]

Dennis Williamson <dennistwilliamson@gmail.com> writes:

> When I ran make test I noticed a discrepancy in a couple of the times
> output during the printf tests. I pulled out the relevant section and
> this is what I get:
>
> LC_ALL=C
> LANG=C
> SECS=1275250155
> export TZ=EST5EDT
> printf "%()T\n" $SECS
> printf "%(%e-%b-%Y %T %Z)T\n" $SECS  # added %Z
>
> result:
>
> 15:09:15
> 30-May-2010 15:09:15 CDT
>
> printf.right says it should be "16:09:15" in both cases. Note that the
> %Z I added outputs CDT.

bash fails to put TZ in its own environment where tzset can find it.

Andreas.

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