[exim-dev] [Bug 2530] New: funny timestamp if timezone offse…

https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2530

            Bug ID: 2530
           Summary: funny timestamp if timezone offset has fractions of a
                    minute
           Product: Exim
           Version: 4.93
          Hardware: x86
                OS: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: bug
          Priority: medium
         Component: Delivery in general
          Assignee: unallocated@???
          Reporter: arne_woerner@???
                CC: exim-dev@???

Created attachment 1277
--> https://bugs.exim.org/attachment.cgi?id=1277&action=edit
raw mail file with funny timestamps

Hi!

I am under the impression that I made my box a TAI zoneinfo file...
You can find it here: http://www0.wgboome.org/zoneinfo-TAI.tar.xz
i. e.:
1. There are no funny steps or smeary seconds...
2. The UTC offset (TAI minus UTC) is currently +37 seconds...

Exim seems to assume that the UTC offset modulo 60 is zero...
Now it looks like the email arrives 37 seconds before I sent it...

I think this could be fixed by one of these changes:
1. the UTC offset is given with seconds... e. g.: 12:34:56 +000037
2. the timezone is given abbreviated... e. g.: 12:34:56 TAI
3. the timestamp is converted into UTC... e. g. 12:34:19 +0000

Is there a chance, that someone here will make exim say the correct time on my
box, too?
Or should I better patch exim myself?

P. S.:
Firefox and Google Chrome behave funny here, too...
I wrote a javascript to prove that: http://timekeeper.firewall-gateway.com./
giggle

Thx.

Bye.

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