Bug #2417: Time.asctime/ctime output differs from 1.8

• Status: Closed
• Assignee: usa (Usaku NAKAMURA)
• Target version: -
• ruby -v: 1.9.1p129

[tmat (Tomas Matousek)]

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ruby -v -e'puts Time.now.asctime'
ruby 1.8.6 (2009-03-31 patchlevel 368) [i386-mingw32]
Tue Dec 01 10:48:45 2009

ruby19 -v -e'puts Time.now.asctime'
ruby 1.9.1p129 (2009-05-12 revision 23412) [i386-mswin32]
Tue Dec 1 10:48:49 2009

The difference is in the padding of days. 1.9 uses space while 1.8 uses '0'. I find the 1.8 behavior better and the change in 1.9 unnecesary. Is it intentional?
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[usa (Usaku NAKAMURA)]

• Status changed from Open to Rejected
• Assignee set to usa (Usaku NAKAMURA)

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It's intentional.
asctime is derived from ANSI/ISO C, and the specification clearly defines
that the day of month should be padded by spaces, not zeros.
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[tmat (Tomas Matousek)]

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Thanks for clarification. If it is so clearly defined then there is a bug in Ruby 1.8.
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[usa (Usaku NAKAMURA)]

• Status changed from Rejected to Closed

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Hmm, it has a point in what you say.
I've backported the changeset to ruby_1_8.
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