[perl #24582] localtime returns gmtime instead of localtime

On Sat May 26 19:31:38 2012, tonyc wrote:
> On Sat, May 26, 2012 at 06:58:29PM -0700, James E Keenan via RT wrote:
> > > So it seems that (Cygwin) Perl v5.8.2 in my environment totally
> > > disregards the TZ setting, whereas Perl v5.8.0 correctly
> interprets it.
> > >
> > > Thank you for your time looking into this problem.
> >
> > Is there anyone currently building Cygwin Perl who could review the
> > issues raised in this older ticket?
> 
> Building blead:
> 
> tony@phobos ~/dev/perl/git/perl
> $ ./perl -Ilib -le 'print scalar localtime'
> Sun May 27 12:27:07 2012
> 
> tony@phobos ~/dev/perl/git/perl
> $ TZ=WEST-1 ./perl -Ilib -le 'print scalar localtime'
> Sun May 27 03:27:17 2012
> 
> tony@phobos ~/dev/perl/git/perl
> $ ./perl -Ilib -le 'print scalar gmtime'
> Sun May 27 02:27:31 2012
> 
> tony@phobos ~/dev/perl/git/perl
> $ TZ=EST ./perl -Ilib -le 'print scalar localtime'
> Sat May 26 21:29:06 2012
> 
> tony@phobos ~/dev/perl/git/perl
> $ ./perl -v
> 
> This is perl 5, version 17, subversion 0 (v5.17.0-17-gf0ccce9) built
> for cygwin-thread-multi-64int
> 
> Copyright 1987-2012, Larry Wall
> 
> Perl may be copied only under the terms of either the Artistic License
> or the
> GNU General Public License, which may be found in the Perl 5 source
> kit.
> 
> Complete documentation for Perl, including FAQ lists, should be found
> on
> this system using "man perl" or "perldoc perl".  If you have access to
> the
> Internet, point your browser at http://www.perl.org/, the Perl Home
> Page.
> 
> So if I understand the problems described, it's fixed.
> 
> Tony
> 

No one has disputed Tony's judgment in the year since the last post in
this RT.  So I'm closing it now.

Thank you very much.
Jim Keenan



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• [perl #24582] localtime returns gmtime instead of localtime by James E Keenan via RT