[Python-Dev] tzset (original) (raw)

Tim Peters tim.one@comcast.net
Fri, 14 Mar 2003 22:00:46 -0500

We seem to have added tzset() gimmicks to CVS Python.

test_time now fails on Windows, simply because time.tzset raises AttributeError there.

Now Windows does support tzset(), but not TZ values of the form test_time.test_tzset() is testing, like

            environ['TZ'] = 'US/Eastern'

and environ['TZ'] = 'Australia/Melbourne'

The rub here is that I haven't found any tzset man pages on the web that claim TZ accepts such values (other than to silently ignore them because they're not in a recognized format). The POSIX defn is typical:

http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/007904975/basedefs/xbd_chap08.html

and search down for TZ. There's no way to read that as supporting the values we're testing.

Anyone have a clue?

not-all-pits-should-be-dived-into-ly y'rs - tim