Re: pkg/35250: p5-Date-Manip fails to obtain timezone

["OBATA Akio" <obache%netbsd.org@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR pkg/35250; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: "OBATA Akio" <obache%netbsd.org@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
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Subject: Re: pkg/35250: p5-Date-Manip fails to obtain timezone
Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2007 22:21:57 +0900

 On Thu, 14 Dec 2006 05:25:01 +0900, <MarkoSchuetz%web.de@localhost> wrote:
 
 >> Description:
 > Date::Manip fails to obtain the correct timezone.
 >> How-To-Repeat:
 > /etc/localtime is a link to /usr/share/zomeinfo/Pacific/Fiji and TZ is=
  not set. Then e.g.
 > fjpad% echo '(yahoo "CSCO")' | gnc-fq-helper
 >
 > ERROR: Date::Manip unable to determine TimeZone.
 >  at /usr/pkg/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.0/Date/Manip.pm line 3635
 >         Date::Manip::Date_TimeZone called at /usr/pkg/lib/perl5/vendor=
 _perl/5.8.0/Date/Manip.pm line 676
 >         Date::Manip::Date_Init() called at /usr/pkg/lib/perl5/vendor_p=
 erl/5.8.0/Date/Manip.pm line 799
 >         Date::Manip::ParseDateString('12/13/2006 3:00pm') called at /u=
 sr/pkg/bin/gnc-fq-helper line 217
 >         main::get_quote_time('CSCO', 'HASH(0x83fedd4)') called at /usr=
 /pkg/bin/gnc-fq-helper line 247
 >         main::schemify_quote('CSCO', 'HASH(0x83fedd4)', 2) called at /=
 usr/pkg/bin/gnc-fq-helper line 280
 >         main::schemify_quotes('ARRAY(0x83feb04)', 'HASH(0x83fedd4)') c=
 alled at /usr/pkg/bin/gnc-fq-helper line 369
 >
 >> Fix:
 
 Following patch should fixes FJT problem.
 
 --- Manip.pm.orig       2005-06-02 15:47:42.000000000 +0000
 +++ Manip.pm
 @@ -645,6 +645,7 @@ sub Date_Init {
         "cadt   +1030 ".  # Central Australian Daylight
         "aedt   +1100 ".  # Australian Eastern Daylight
         "eadt   +1100 ".  # Eastern Australian Daylight
 +      "fjt    +1200 ".  # Fiji Standard
         "idle   +1200 ".  # International Date Line East
         "nzst   +1200 ".  # New Zealand Standard
         "nzt    +1200 ".  # New Zealand
 
 Date-Manip have many missing, duplicate and unknown Time Zones.
 http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=3D16360
 
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