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Message-ID: <20260323071943.GS3520958@port70.net>
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2026 08:19:43 +0100
From: Szabolcs Nagy <nsz@...t70.net>
To: Rich Felker <dalias@...c.org>
Cc: Hannu Nyman <hannu.nyman@....fi>, musl@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: strptime in 1.2.6 - is tzname[0/1] guaranteed to be set?

* Rich Felker <dalias@...c.org> [2026-03-22 21:39:01 -0400]:
>  char *strptime(const char *restrict s, const char *restrict f, struct tm *restrict tm)
>  {
>  	int i, w, neg, adj, min, range, *dest, dummy;
> -	const char *ex;
> +	const char *ex, *s1;
>  	size_t len;
>  	int want_century = 0, century = 0, relyear = 0;
>  	while (*f) {
> @@ -207,16 +208,10 @@ char *strptime(const char *restrict s, const char *restrict f, struct tm *restri
>  			s += 5;
>  			break;
>  		case 'Z':
> -			if (!strncmp(s, tzname[0], len = strlen(tzname[0]))) {
> -				tm->tm_isdst = 0;
> -				s += len;
> -			} else if (!strncmp(s, tzname[1], len=strlen(tzname[1]))) {
> -				tm->tm_isdst = 1;
> -				s += len;
> -			} else {
> -				/* FIXME: is this supposed to be an error? */
> -				while ((*s|32)-'a' <= 'z'-'a') s++;
> -			}
> +			s1 = s;
> +			i = __tzname_to_isdst(&s1);
> +			if (i>=0) tm->tm_isdst = i;
> +			s = s1;
>  			break;

what is the point of

s1 = s;
foo(&s1);
s = s1;

seems equivalent to

foo(&s);

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