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bug#14229: invalid TZ and /bin/date
From: |
Donald Berry |
Subject: |
bug#14229: invalid TZ and /bin/date |
Date: |
Thu, 18 Apr 2013 16:24:08 -0400 (EDT) |
If an invalid TZ argument is passed to /bin/date, it silently fails but prints
the UTC result:
address@hidden ~]$ TZ=EDT date -d @0
Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 EDT 1970
address@hidden ~]$ TZ=foo date -d @0
Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 foo 1970
It works correctly if using no argument or a valid argument:
address@hidden ~]$ date -d @0
Wed Dec 31 19:00:00 EST 1969
address@hidden ~]$ TZ=EST5EDT date -d @0
Wed Dec 31 19:00:00 EST 1969
address@hidden ~]$ TZ=UTC date -d @0
Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 UTC 1970
address@hidden ~]$ rpm -q coreutils
coreutils-8.4-19.el6.x86_64
address@hidden ~]$ uname -a
Linux dberry.csb 2.6.32-279.19.1.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Sat Nov 24 14:35:28 EST 2012
x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
address@hidden ~]$ cat /etc/redhat-release
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation release 6.3 (Santiago)
address@hidden ~]$ date
Thu Apr 18 16:23:46 EDT 2013
Donald Berry, RHCE
Technical Account Manager
Red Hat Canada Ltd.
mobile: 647-338-6329
- bug#14229: invalid TZ and /bin/date,
Donald Berry <=