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authorPaul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>2021-10-15 18:53:55 -0700
committerPaul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>2021-10-15 18:54:49 -0700
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diff: fix timezone bug on Solaris
Problem reported by Vladimir Marek (bug#51228). * NEWS: Mention this. * src/context.c (print_context_label): Pass localtz to nstrftime, instead of always passing 0. * src/diff.c (main) [!HAVE_TM_GMTOFF]: Initialize localtz if time_format uses %z. * src/diff.h (localtz): New decl. * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add timezone. * tests/timezone: New test.
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@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@ GNU diffutils NEWS -*- outline -*-
* Noteworthy changes in release ?.? (????-??-??) [?]
+** Bug fixes
+
+ diff -c and -u no longer output incorrect timezones in headers
+ on platforms like Solaris where struct tm lacks tm_gmtoff.
+ [bug#51228 introduced in 3.4]
+
* Noteworthy changes in release 3.8 (2021-08-01) [stable]