Hi, Maxim Cournoyer <[email protected]> writes:
> Hi, > > I've recently found out that icecat wouldn't display time correctly for > my local time zone anymore (even when the 'resistFingerprinting' in > about:config is disabled, which would have usually resolved the > problem). > > To test, I simply visit the https://everytimezone.com/, which shows your > current time. > > This version from early September 2022 works: > > --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- > /gnu/store/bzpyas70s9j95dqad00vafks5icg51dm-icecat-91.13.0-guix0-preview1/bin/icecat > --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- > > > While this one from the end of September 2022 doesn't > > --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- > /gnu/store/bzpyas70s9j95dqad00vafks5icg51dm-icecat-91.13.0-guix0-preview1/bin/icecat > --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- > > > > As a workaround, you can set your timezone explicitly (after ensuring > there are no longer running icecat processes) like so: > > --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- > TZ=America/Montreal icecat > --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- Tried these things for the current version: Made /etc/localtime a symbolic link: --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- $ file /etc/localtime /etc/localtime: symbolic link to /gnu/store/1zwwykw79j5xz1iaiia56hwqxdqnrk2c-tzdata-2025a/share/zoneinfo/Asia/Tokyo --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- Ran with sandbox disabled and TZ unset: --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- MOZ_PERMISSIVE_CONTENT_SANDBOX=1 TZ= /gnu/store/v8lay69wqmacz275clfxm7vlhy8qnq1q-icecat-minimal-140.5.0-gnu1/bin/icecat --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- It's still not enough. The date returned by Date() in the JS console is still UTC. -- Thanks, Maxim
