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Orillia's 1912 DST pops up again in Toronto Star
by Paul Eggert July 8, 2017

July 8, 2017

Today's Toronto Star reports on the two-week daylight saving time interlude in Orillia, Ontario. Today's article doesn't mention the same newspaper's 1997-10-14 article on the same topic, and it's not clear what's new this time around. Still, the story is amusingly told. Proposed patch attached.

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DST in the (odd) news
by Arthur David Olson July 7, 2017

July 7, 2017

"Alarm clock removed from family's home after 14 years of daily beeping" "Over the years, it beeped at 6.50pm or 7.50pm each day, depending on whether Daylight [Saving] Time was in place." https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jul/07/alarm-clock-wall-pennsylvan… @dashdashado

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[PROPOSED] Avoid zic problems with errno == EOVERFLOW
by Paul Eggert June 26, 2017

June 26, 2017

Although this patch does not fix any bugs, it makes zic’s ‘stat’ calls less likely to fail unnecessarily with errno == EOVERFLOW, and this should be a bit faster in some cases. Problem reported by Nick Alcock in: https://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2017-06/msg01264.html * private.h (_FILE_OFFSET_BITS, _LARGE_FILES) (_DARWIN_USE_64_BIT_INODE): New macros. --- private.h | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/private.h b/private.h index f5e39b5..2e8415e 100644 --- a/private.h +++ b/private.h @@ -102,6 +102,16 @@ /* Enable strtoimax on pre-C99 Solaris 11. */ #define __EXTENSIONS__ 1 +/* To avoid having 'stat' fail unnecessarily with errno == EOVERFLOW, + enable large files on GNUish systems ... */ +#ifndef _FILE_OFFSET_BITS +# define _FILE_OFFSET_BITS 64 +#endif +/* ... and on AIX ... */ +#define _LARGE_FILES 1 +/* ... and enable large inode numbers on Mac OS X 10.5 and later. */ +#define _DARWIN_USE_64_BIT_INODE 1 + /* ** Nested includes */ -- 2.9.4

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[PROPOSED] Port to GCC 4.8.4
by Paul Eggert June 16, 2017

June 16, 2017

Problem reported by Stan Shebs and Joseph Myers in: https://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2017-06/msg00741.html * NEWS, Makefile: Document this. * private.h (HAVE_GENERIC): New macro, so that we do not use _Generic with GCC 4.8. (TIME_T_MIN_NO_PADDING, TIME_T_MAX_NO_PADDING): New macros. (TIME_T_MIN, TIME_T_MAX): Rename from time_t_min and time_t_max, and turn them into macros so that problems are less likely to occur for subset uses like glibc where these macros are never expanded. All uses changed. Use new macros to work around GCC 4.8 bug. --- Makefile | 1 + NEWS | 3 +++ date.c | 2 +- localtime.c | 26 +++++++++++++------------- private.h | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------- 5 files changed, 58 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-) diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile index 2b31f3f..347ece7 100644 --- a/Makefile +++ b/Makefile @@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ LDLIBS= # -DHAVE_DECL_ASCTIME_R=0 if <time.h> does not declare asctime_r # -DHAVE_DECL_ENVIRON if <unistd.h> declares 'environ' # -DHAVE_DIRECT_H if mkdir needs <direct.h> (MS-Windows) +# -DHAVE_GENERIC=0 if _Generic does not work # -DHAVE_GETTEXT if 'gettext' works (e.g., GNU/Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris) # -DHAVE_INCOMPATIBLE_CTIME_R if your system's time.h declares # ctime_r and asctime_r incompatibly with the POSIX standard diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index ca4fd8e..cfdd620 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -94,6 +94,9 @@ Unreleased, experimental changes zdump.c no longer assumes snprintf. (Reported by Jonathan Leffler.) + Calculation of time_t extrema works around a bug in GCC 4.8.4 + (Reported by Stan Shebs and Joseph Myers.) + Several minor changes have been made to the code to make it a bit easier to port to MS-Windows and Solaris. (Thanks to Kees Dekker for reporting the problems.) diff --git a/date.c b/date.c index b29e162..2cc533f 100644 --- a/date.c +++ b/date.c @@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ main(const int argc, char *argv[]) secs = strtoimax (optarg, &endarg, 0); if (*endarg || optarg == endarg) errno = EINVAL; - else if (! (time_t_min <= secs && secs <= time_t_max)) + else if (! (TIME_T_MIN <= secs && secs <= TIME_T_MAX)) errno = ERANGE; if (errno) { perror(optarg); diff --git a/localtime.c b/localtime.c index 8c944f3..2e1d621 100644 --- a/localtime.c +++ b/localtime.c @@ -464,17 +464,17 @@ tzloadbody(char const *name, struct state *sp, bool doextend, sp->charcnt = charcnt; /* Read transitions, discarding those out of time_t range. - But pretend the last transition before time_t_min - occurred at time_t_min. */ + But pretend the last transition before TIME_T_MIN + occurred at TIME_T_MIN. */ timecnt = 0; for (i = 0; i < sp->timecnt; ++i) { int_fast64_t at = stored == 4 ? detzcode(p) : detzcode64(p); - sp->types[i] = at <= time_t_max; + sp->types[i] = at <= TIME_T_MAX; if (sp->types[i]) { time_t attime - = ((TYPE_SIGNED(time_t) ? at < time_t_min : at < 0) - ? time_t_min : at); + = ((TYPE_SIGNED(time_t) ? at < TIME_T_MIN : at < 0) + ? TIME_T_MIN : at); if (timecnt && attime <= sp->ats[timecnt - 1]) { if (attime < sp->ats[timecnt - 1]) return EINVAL; @@ -524,7 +524,7 @@ tzloadbody(char const *name, struct state *sp, bool doextend, /* Leap seconds cannot occur before the Epoch. */ if (tr < 0) return EINVAL; - if (tr <= time_t_max) { + if (tr <= TIME_T_MAX) { /* Leap seconds cannot occur more than once per UTC month, and UTC months are at least 28 days long (minus 1 second for a negative leap second). Each leap second's @@ -1795,12 +1795,12 @@ increment_overflow_time(time_t *tp, int_fast32_t j) { /* ** This is like - ** 'if (! (time_t_min <= *tp + j && *tp + j <= time_t_max)) ...', + ** 'if (! (TIME_T_MIN <= *tp + j && *tp + j <= TIME_T_MAX)) ...', ** except that it does the right thing even if *tp + j would overflow. */ if (! (j < 0 - ? (TYPE_SIGNED(time_t) ? time_t_min - j <= *tp : -1 - j < *tp) - : *tp <= time_t_max - j)) + ? (TYPE_SIGNED(time_t) ? TIME_T_MIN - j <= *tp : -1 - j < *tp) + : *tp <= TIME_T_MAX - j)) return true; *tp += j; return false; @@ -1936,8 +1936,8 @@ time2sub(struct tm *const tmp, /* ** Do a binary search (this works whatever time_t's type is). */ - lo = time_t_min; - hi = time_t_max; + lo = TIME_T_MIN; + hi = TIME_T_MAX; for ( ; ; ) { t = lo / 2 + hi / 2; if (t < lo) @@ -1954,12 +1954,12 @@ time2sub(struct tm *const tmp, } else dir = tmcomp(&mytm, &yourtm); if (dir != 0) { if (t == lo) { - if (t == time_t_max) + if (t == TIME_T_MAX) return WRONG; ++t; ++lo; } else if (t == hi) { - if (t == time_t_min) + if (t == TIME_T_MIN) return WRONG; --t; --hi; diff --git a/private.h b/private.h index 2b07251..f5e39b5 100644 --- a/private.h +++ b/private.h @@ -27,6 +27,21 @@ #define HAVE_DECL_ASCTIME_R 1 #endif +#if !defined HAVE_GENERIC && defined __has_extension +# if __has_extension(c_generic_selections) +# define HAVE_GENERIC 1 +# else +# define HAVE_GENERIC 0 +# endif +#endif +/* _Generic is buggy in pre-4.9 GCC. */ +#if !defined HAVE_GENERIC && defined __GNUC__ +# define HAVE_GENERIC (4 < __GNUC__ + (9 <= __GNUC_MINOR__)) +#endif +#ifndef HAVE_GENERIC +# define HAVE_GENERIC (201112 <= __STDC_VERSION__) +#endif + #ifndef HAVE_GETTEXT #define HAVE_GETTEXT 0 #endif /* !defined HAVE_GETTEXT */ @@ -561,27 +576,32 @@ time_t time2posix_z(timezone_t, time_t) ATTRIBUTE_PURE; #define MINVAL(t, b) \ ((t) (TYPE_SIGNED(t) ? - TWOS_COMPLEMENT(t) - MAXVAL(t, b) : 0)) -/* The minimum and maximum finite time values. This implementation - assumes no padding if time_t is signed and either the compiler is - pre-C11 or time_t is not one of the standard signed integer types. */ -#if 201112 <= __STDC_VERSION__ -static time_t const time_t_min - = (TYPE_SIGNED(time_t) - ? _Generic((time_t) 0, - signed char: SCHAR_MIN, short: SHRT_MIN, - int: INT_MIN, long: LONG_MIN, long long: LLONG_MIN, - default: MINVAL(time_t, TYPE_BIT(time_t))) - : 0); -static time_t const time_t_max - = (TYPE_SIGNED(time_t) - ? _Generic((time_t) 0, - signed char: SCHAR_MAX, short: SHRT_MAX, - int: INT_MAX, long: LONG_MAX, long long: LLONG_MAX, - default: MAXVAL(time_t, TYPE_BIT(time_t))) - : -1); +/* The extreme time values, assuming no padding. */ +#define TIME_T_MIN_NO_PADDING MINVAL(time_t, TYPE_BIT(time_t)) +#define TIME_T_MAX_NO_PADDING MAXVAL(time_t, TYPE_BIT(time_t)) + +/* The extreme time values. These are macros, not constants, so that + any portability problem occur only when compiling .c files that use + the macros, which is safer for applications that need only zdump and zic. + This implementation assumes no padding if time_t is signed and + either the compiler lacks support for _Generic or time_t is not one + of the standard signed integer types. */ +#if HAVE_GENERIC +# define TIME_T_MIN \ + _Generic((time_t) 0, \ + signed char: SCHAR_MIN, short: SHRT_MIN, \ + int: INT_MIN, long: LONG_MIN, long long: LLONG_MIN, \ + default: TIME_T_MIN_NO_PADDING) +# define TIME_T_MAX \ + (TYPE_SIGNED(time_t) \ + ? _Generic((time_t) 0, \ + signed char: SCHAR_MAX, short: SHRT_MAX, \ + int: INT_MAX, long: LONG_MAX, long long: LLONG_MAX, \ + default: TIME_T_MAX_NO_PADDING) \ + : (time_t) -1) #else -static time_t const time_t_min = MINVAL(time_t, TYPE_BIT(time_t)); -static time_t const time_t_max = MAXVAL(time_t, TYPE_BIT(time_t)); +# define TIME_T_MIN TIME_T_MIN_NO_PADDING +# define TIME_T_MAX TIME_T_MAX_NO_PADDING #endif /* -- 2.9.4

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[PROPOSED] Port check_time_t_alternatives to June 8 AIX fix
by Paul Eggert June 16, 2017

June 16, 2017

* private.h (TZ_TIME_T): Declare strftime. This is helpful now that we use our own strftime. Declare strftime_l too, if present. --- private.h | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/private.h b/private.h index 982ddf3..2b07251 100644 --- a/private.h +++ b/private.h @@ -424,6 +424,12 @@ typedef time_tz tz_time_t; char *ctime(time_t const *); char *ctime_r(time_t const *, char *); double difftime(time_t, time_t) ATTRIBUTE_CONST; +size_t strftime(char *restrict, size_t, char const *restrict, + struct tm const *restrict); +# if HAVE_STRFTIME_L +size_t strftime_l(char *restrict, size_t, char const *restrict, + struct tm const *restrict, locale_t); +# endif struct tm *gmtime(time_t const *); struct tm *gmtime_r(time_t const *restrict, struct tm *restrict); struct tm *localtime(time_t const *); -- 2.9.4

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Re: [tz] 1 s error in America/Adak and America/Nome
by Paul Eggert June 15, 2017

June 15, 2017

On 06/10/2017 07:42 AM, Michael H Deckers wrote: > I do not understand the evidence for the proposed changes. A change of > time scale by 24 h is only observable though the day of the week and > the day number in a calendar (which may be combined with a switch of > calendars), but not through the time of day. > > Where two successive days are observed as Sundays, this is evidence > for the change of time scale having occurred at the instant between > the two. Yes. However, the the question is whether America/Sitka should record the time kept by those in formal control of Sitka, or the time kept by Toomas Ahllund and his fellow workers who made the transition on Sunday in order to have a longer weekend. If the former, the transition should be at 15:30 Friday (Gregorian); if the latter, it should presumably be at 00:00 Sunday (Gregorian). I chose the former, partly because it reflects formal transfer of control, and partly because we have a specific time-of-day recorded for it. > And if a precise instant for the acquisition of Alaska is > to be taken as the instant of the time zone change, then this > assumption > should be applied to all locations (where nothing else is known). > But the proposed changes to tzdb amount to the change happening when > UT = 1867-10-19 + 00:41:37 h for Yakutat > UT = 1867-10-19 + 00:31:13 h for Sitka, Juneau, Metlakatla > UT = 1867-10-19 + 00:31:03 h for Adak, Nome > UT = 1867-10-19 + 00:30:59 h for Anchorage > I do not see support for such variations. Thanks for reporting that; those were due to bugs in my calculations. I installed the attached patch to fix the bugs, and to try to clarify the point you mentioned.

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[PROPOSED] Remove incorrect #endif comments
by Paul Eggert June 14, 2017

June 14, 2017

--- localtime.c | 2 +- private.h | 2 +- 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/localtime.c b/localtime.c index 1f5bbb2..8c944f3 100644 --- a/localtime.c +++ b/localtime.c @@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ static const char gmt[] = "GMT"; */ #ifndef TZDEFRULESTRING #define TZDEFRULESTRING ",M3.2.0,M11.1.0" -#endif /* !defined TZDEFDST */ +#endif struct ttinfo { /* time type information */ int_fast32_t tt_gmtoff; /* UT offset in seconds */ diff --git a/private.h b/private.h index e6cb21d..982ddf3 100644 --- a/private.h +++ b/private.h @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ #ifndef HAVE_INCOMPATIBLE_CTIME_R #define HAVE_INCOMPATIBLE_CTIME_R 0 -#endif /* !defined INCOMPATIBLE_CTIME_R */ +#endif #ifndef HAVE_LINK #define HAVE_LINK 1 -- 2.9.4

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[PROPOSED] Remove old Y2K code
by Paul Eggert June 14, 2017

June 14, 2017

The circa-1996 runtime tests to catch potential Y2K problems are no longer worth the maintenance hassle, as the Y2K transition was done many years ago. * Makefile, NEWS: Mention this. * strftime.c (YEAR_2000_NAME, IN_NONE, IN_SOME, IN_THIS, IN_ALL): Remove. All uses removed. (strftime): Do not warn about Y2K problems. (_fmt): Omit last (warning) arg; all uses changed. --- Makefile | 3 --- NEWS | 2 ++ strftime.c | 71 ++++++++++++-------------------------------------------------- 3 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 61 deletions(-) diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile index 07f4f77..65915ea 100644 --- a/Makefile +++ b/Makefile @@ -162,9 +162,6 @@ LDLIBS= # than what POSIX specifies, assuming local time is UT. # For example, N is 252460800 on AmigaOS. # -Dlocale_t=XXX if your system uses XXX instead of locale_t -# -DNO_RUN_TIME_WARNINGS_ABOUT_YEAR_2000_PROBLEMS_THANK_YOU=1 -# if you do not want run time warnings about formats that may cause -# year 2000 grief # -Dssize_t=long on hosts like MS-Windows that lack ssize_t # -DTHREAD_SAFE to make localtime.c thread-safe, as POSIX requires; # not needed by the main-program tz code, which is single-threaded. diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 2c86e90..40285bf 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -81,6 +81,8 @@ Unreleased, experimental changes other two variables as optional. Also, USG_COMPAT is now 1 or 0: if not defined, the code attempts to guess it from other macros. + Y2K runtime checks have been removed, as Y2K was years ago. + Several minor changes have been made to the code to make it a bit easier to port to MS-Windows and Solaris. (Thanks to Kees Dekker for reporting the problems.) diff --git a/strftime.c b/strftime.c index 173ff8b..9df4176 100644 --- a/strftime.c +++ b/strftime.c @@ -101,19 +101,9 @@ static const struct lc_time_T C_time_locale = { static char * _add(const char *, char *, const char *); static char * _conv(int, const char *, char *, const char *); -static char * _fmt(const char *, const struct tm *, char *, const char *, - int *); +static char * _fmt(const char *, const struct tm *, char *, const char *); static char * _yconv(int, int, bool, bool, char *, char const *); -#ifndef YEAR_2000_NAME -#define YEAR_2000_NAME "CHECK_STRFTIME_FORMATS_FOR_TWO_DIGIT_YEARS" -#endif /* !defined YEAR_2000_NAME */ - -#define IN_NONE 0 -#define IN_SOME 1 -#define IN_THIS 2 -#define IN_ALL 3 - #if HAVE_STRFTIME_L size_t strftime_l(char *s, size_t maxsize, char const *format, struct tm const *t, @@ -128,24 +118,9 @@ size_t strftime(char *s, size_t maxsize, const char *format, const struct tm *t) { char * p; - int warn; tzset(); - warn = IN_NONE; - p = _fmt(format, t, s, s + maxsize, &warn); -#ifndef NO_RUN_TIME_WARNINGS_ABOUT_YEAR_2000_PROBLEMS_THANK_YOU - if (warn != IN_NONE && getenv(YEAR_2000_NAME) != NULL) { - fprintf(stderr, "\n"); - fprintf(stderr, "strftime format \"%s\" ", format); - fprintf(stderr, "yields only two digits of years in "); - if (warn == IN_SOME) - fprintf(stderr, "some locales"); - else if (warn == IN_THIS) - fprintf(stderr, "the current locale"); - else fprintf(stderr, "all locales"); - fprintf(stderr, "\n"); - } -#endif /* !defined NO_RUN_TIME_WARNINGS_ABOUT_YEAR_2000_PROBLEMS_THANK_YOU */ + p = _fmt(format, t, s, s + maxsize); if (p == s + maxsize) return 0; *p = '\0'; @@ -153,8 +128,7 @@ strftime(char *s, size_t maxsize, const char *format, const struct tm *t) } static char * -_fmt(const char *format, const struct tm *t, char *pt, - const char *ptlim, int *warnp) +_fmt(const char *format, const struct tm *t, char *pt, const char *ptlim) { for ( ; *format; ++format) { if (*format == '%') { @@ -200,18 +174,10 @@ label: true, false, pt, ptlim); continue; case 'c': - { - int warn2 = IN_SOME; - - pt = _fmt(Locale->c_fmt, t, pt, ptlim, &warn2); - if (warn2 == IN_ALL) - warn2 = IN_THIS; - if (warn2 > *warnp) - *warnp = warn2; - } + pt = _fmt(Locale->c_fmt, t, pt, ptlim); continue; case 'D': - pt = _fmt("%m/%d/%y", t, pt, ptlim, warnp); + pt = _fmt("%m/%d/%y", t, pt, ptlim); continue; case 'd': pt = _conv(t->tm_mday, "%02d", pt, ptlim); @@ -232,7 +198,7 @@ label: pt = _conv(t->tm_mday, "%2d", pt, ptlim); continue; case 'F': - pt = _fmt("%Y-%m-%d", t, pt, ptlim, warnp); + pt = _fmt("%Y-%m-%d", t, pt, ptlim); continue; case 'H': pt = _conv(t->tm_hour, "%02d", pt, ptlim); @@ -296,10 +262,10 @@ label: pt, ptlim); continue; case 'R': - pt = _fmt("%H:%M", t, pt, ptlim, warnp); + pt = _fmt("%H:%M", t, pt, ptlim); continue; case 'r': - pt = _fmt("%I:%M:%S %p", t, pt, ptlim, warnp); + pt = _fmt("%I:%M:%S %p", t, pt, ptlim); continue; case 'S': pt = _conv(t->tm_sec, "%02d", pt, ptlim); @@ -322,7 +288,7 @@ label: } continue; case 'T': - pt = _fmt("%H:%M:%S", t, pt, ptlim, warnp); + pt = _fmt("%H:%M:%S", t, pt, ptlim); continue; case 't': pt = _add("\t", pt, ptlim); @@ -424,7 +390,6 @@ label: pt = _conv(w, "%02d", pt, ptlim); else if (*format == 'g') { - *warnp = IN_ALL; pt = _yconv(year, base, false, true, pt, ptlim); @@ -439,7 +404,7 @@ label: ** "date as dd-bbb-YYYY" ** (ado, 1993-05-24) */ - pt = _fmt("%e-%b-%Y", t, pt, ptlim, warnp); + pt = _fmt("%e-%b-%Y", t, pt, ptlim); continue; case 'W': pt = _conv((t->tm_yday + DAYSPERWEEK - @@ -452,21 +417,12 @@ label: pt = _conv(t->tm_wday, "%d", pt, ptlim); continue; case 'X': - pt = _fmt(Locale->X_fmt, t, pt, ptlim, warnp); + pt = _fmt(Locale->X_fmt, t, pt, ptlim); continue; case 'x': - { - int warn2 = IN_SOME; - - pt = _fmt(Locale->x_fmt, t, pt, ptlim, &warn2); - if (warn2 == IN_ALL) - warn2 = IN_THIS; - if (warn2 > *warnp) - *warnp = warn2; - } + pt = _fmt(Locale->x_fmt, t, pt, ptlim); continue; case 'y': - *warnp = IN_ALL; pt = _yconv(t->tm_year, TM_YEAR_BASE, false, true, pt, ptlim); @@ -559,8 +515,7 @@ label: #endif continue; case '+': - pt = _fmt(Locale->date_fmt, t, pt, ptlim, - warnp); + pt = _fmt(Locale->date_fmt, t, pt, ptlim); continue; case '%': /* -- 2.9.4

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Re: [tz] defensive value for define on Solaris causes load of timerule to fail
by Kees Dekker June 12, 2017

June 12, 2017

Retry, now to the mailing list as well. >> So, FILENAME_MAX is probably the better choice, but may be, a >> >> #if FILENAME_MAX < 260 >> #undef FILENAME_MAX >> #define FILENAME_MAX 260 >> #endif >> >> code part is needed? Then FILENAME_MAX is at a defined minimum value >> (of course, the limit of 260 is also quite an arbitrary choice). >I don't like the idea of redefining `FILENAME_MAX`. Just use some >reasonably large value of our choosing for the length of `fullname`. >Even with a modern GNU/Linux `FILENAME_MAX` value of 4096 (on my system >at least), the `fullname` member of `union local_storage` is smaller >than the `u` member. Anything else is also ok, but the union now does not have 'take largest value of somethong' for the fullname member. It is also ok for me to say: #if FILENAME_MAX < 260 #define TZ_FILENAME_MAX 260 #else #define TZ_FILENAME_MAX FILENAME_MAX #endif And use TZ_FILENAME_MAX in the union. My message is just to say 'please take care for platforms where FILENAME_MAX is arbitrary (too) short'. And the value of 14, as used on Solaris, is too short, as some time rules already exceed this length. It makes no sense (i.e. it does not help for the other platforms) in this case that Linux has a much bigger value for this define. As I have checked now, on most platforms, except Solaris, it is 260. Linux uses (as one of the few) a larger value. I've checked HPUX, AIX, Windows, Solaris and several Linux flavors. Kees

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core dumps on AIX7.1 and HPUX11.31 and tzcode 2017B.
by Kees Dekker June 12, 2017

June 12, 2017

Hi, When using the IANA tz data and code (version 2017B) on AIX and/or HPUX, I got core dumps. I was not able to figure out the root cause, but after I had renamed the timezone, daylight and tzname variables to something else (i.e., prefixed with olson_), the error disappeared. A similar crash happened on AIX 7.2, but in only one test case (compared to all our test cases on AIX 7.1 and HPUX 11.31). I don't have a good explanation for the different behavior between AIX 7.1 and 7.2. The tz code was incorporated into two parts of our product: 1. The tzcode was built with USG_COMPAT enabled, i.e. timezone, daylight and tzname symbols are used and incorporated into our binaries 2. The tzcode was also built into a shared library that uses another shared library that calls some of the time functions from libc (e.g. tzset(), or gettimeofday()) BTW: in our code, I'm renaming (using defines) all tz functions too, and prefix them with 'olson_'. So, at symbol level, no duplicates between system functions and TZ code functions should exist. In our code, the error happened under the following circumstances: 1. A binary of us is using the tz library (using USG_COMPAT) 2. That binary loads dynamically (with dlopen(), with RTLD_GLOBAL flag) another shared library of us, also containing the tz library 3. A 3rd party shared library was loaded by our own shared library. Also with dlopen/RTLD_GLOBAL flag. Both our binary (#1) a shared library (#2) were creating using export lists/versions scripts. None of the tz code or variables was exported. And our shared library is using a flag that forces the loader to perform 'innermost symbol resolution' (in such way that C++ exceptions still work). The 3rd party library was either the Oracle or DB2 client database library. Both perform a call to libc that triggers a time function (gettimeofday() or tzset()). The core dump happens in libc, on one of the time functions, called by the 3rd party shared library. Using IANA tz functions from our binaries, without loading 3rd party shared libraries works fine. Hypothesis: the fact that the tzcode (compiled with USG_COMPAT) changes (one of) the (libc exported) timezone, daylight, tzname, causes the time functions in libc to crash. Notes: a. making timezone, daylight, tzname static in the IANA localtime.c and added a get_xxx function did not help either. b. Building without USG_COMPAT did not help either. It is quite strange that none of these both (#a and #b) did help, but I lack time to do more research. As I now have a suitable workaround (by renaming/prefixing involved variables), it is fine for me now. This mail is just intended to inform about conflicts/core dumps, most probably related to 'similar named' variables with the system libc (and thus generate a trap on some platforms). If the tz code can get changed (ever/in the future) to prevent such conflicts, it would be great. No other action is needed (by me) for now. Regards, Kees

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