Bug #1972: Changing ENV['TZ'] of a running process should change behavior of Time

• Status: Closed
• Assignee: akr (Akira Tanaka)
• Target version: -
• ruby -v: 1.9.1p129

[shri (Shri Borde)]

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Running the attached rb1.rb prints "EST AST EST AST" on Mac OS and Linux. But it prints the following output on Windows Vista with 1.8.6p287 as well as 1.9.1p129.

Ame
Asi
Pacific Standard Time
Pacific Standard Time

On non-Windows, the last two lines printed are different from each other. On Windows, they are the same.

Also, while the first two lines are different from each other on both Windows and non-Windows, the results do not match across Windows and non-Windows.
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[naruse (Yui NARUSE)]

• Category set to lib
• Status changed from Open to Assigned
• Assignee set to usa (Usaku NAKAMURA)

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[usa (Usaku NAKAMURA)]

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(*** this message is a mere memo. ***)

(1) ruby_setenv() doesn't changes CRT environment workarea.
tzset() sees it, so ENV["TZ"] has no meaning in this case.

(2) localtimexv() doesn't call tzset(). (see its comment)
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[usa (Usaku NAKAMURA)]

• Assignee changed from usa (Usaku NAKAMURA) to akr (Akira Tanaka)

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fixed (1) at r25715.
Any ideas for (2)?
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[mame (Yusuke Endoh)]

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Hi,

According to Usaku, currently the code produces:

Ame
Asi
Ame
Asi

So this bug is considered fixed already.
I Close this ticket. Thank you!

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Yusuke Endoh [e-mail]
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