After browsing the /usr/share/units/units.dat file, I discovered that
degC and degF are used for temperature differences (i.e., a temperature
change of 100 degC is equivalent to 180 degF), not absolute temperature
conversion. The functions tempC and tempF (among others) are used for
absolute temperature conversion. For example:
virt...@virtual-desktop:~$ units -v
2411 units, 71 prefixes, 33 nonlinear units
You have: tempC(100)
You want: tempF
tempC(100) = tempF(212)
You have: tempF(32)
You want: tempC
tempF(32) = tempC(0)
You have: tempK(273.15)
You want: tempF
tempK(273.15) = tempF(32)
You have:
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/usr/bin/units - Incorrect Temperature Conversions
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/613581
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