Public bug reported: Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS
groff's date & time (visible in variable \n[hours] for example) are always in UTC, not the local time. The TZ environment variable is ignored. The upstream version doesn't have this bug; it honors TZ as it should. I downloaded and built from upstream source the exact same version of groff that the Ubuntu package claims to contain, and it works. But the Ubuntu binary does not work in this respect. dpkg-query -l groff says: 1.22.4-4build1 amd64 Upstream source code is at http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/groff/groff-1.22.4.tar.gz STEPS TO REPRODUCE: 1. Run the following script #!/bin/sh #GROFF=/home/jima/src/groff-1.22.4/inst/bin/groff GROFF=/usr/bin/groff echo "Using $GROFF" for varlist in \ 'PATH=/bin:/usr/bin' \ 'PATH=/bin:/usr/bin TZ=UTC' \ 'PATH=/bin:/usr/bin TZ=America/New_York' \ 'PATH=/bin:/usr/bin TZ=America/Los_Angeles' \ ; do echo "--------------------------------------" eval "env -i $varlist /bin/sh" <<SHELLEOF #(set -x; env) echo "TZ is \${TZ:-(unset)}" echo -n "date says: "; date +'%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S' $GROFF <<'GEND' 2>&1 >/dev/null .tm groff says: \n[year]-\n[mo]-\n[dy] \n[hours]:\n[minutes]:\n[seconds] GEND SHELLEOF done *** Here is output on my system (notice that \n[hours] is always in UTC regardless of TZ): Using /usr/bin/groff -------------------------------------- TZ is (unset) date says: 2020-12-15 16:54:38 groff says: 2020-12-16 0:54:38 -------------------------------------- TZ is UTC date says: 2020-12-16 00:54:38 groff says: 2020-12-16 0:54:38 -------------------------------------- TZ is America/New_York date says: 2020-12-15 19:54:38 groff says: 2020-12-16 0:54:38 -------------------------------------- TZ is America/Los_Angeles date says: 2020-12-15 16:54:38 groff says: 2020-12-16 0:54:38 *** Here is output using groff built from upstream source: Using /home/jima/src/groff-1.22.4/inst/bin/groff -------------------------------------- TZ is (unset) date says: 2020-12-15 16:55:05 groff says: 2020-12-15 16:55:5 -------------------------------------- TZ is UTC date says: 2020-12-16 00:55:05 groff says: 2020-12-16 0:55:5 -------------------------------------- TZ is America/New_York date says: 2020-12-15 19:55:05 groff says: 2020-12-15 19:55:5 -------------------------------------- TZ is America/Los_Angeles date says: 2020-12-15 16:55:05 groff says: 2020-12-15 16:55:5 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04 Package: groff 1.22.4-4build1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-54.60-generic 5.4.65 Uname: Linux 5.4.0-54-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.13 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: skip CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Tue Dec 15 16:40:41 2020 InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-03-24 (266 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 19.10 "Eoan Ermine" - Release amd64 (20191017) SourcePackage: groff UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to focal on 2020-05-16 (213 days ago) ** Affects: groff (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug focal -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1908333 Title: Ubuntu's groff ignores TZ (but upstream works) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/groff/+bug/1908333/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
