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Re: [PATCH v2] date.c: Support iso8601 timezone formats

From
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Sep 7, 2011, 17:00 UTC
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Haitao Li <lihaitao@gmail.com> writes:
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> diff --git a/date.c b/date.c
> index 896fbb4..f970ea8 100644
> --- a/date.c
> +++ b/date.c
> @@ -556,15 +556,35 @@ static int match_tz(const char *date, int *offp)
>  	int min, hour;
>  	int n = end - date - 1;
>  
> -	min = offset % 100;
> -	hour = offset / 100;
> +	/*
> +	 * ISO8601:2004(E) allows time zone designator been separated
> +	 * by a clone in the extended format
> +	 */
> +	if (*end == ':') {
> +		if (isdigit(end[1])) {
> +			hour = offset;
> +			min = strtoul(end+1, &end, 10);
> +		} else {
> +			/* Mark as invalid */
> +			n = -1;
> +		}
> +	} else {
> +		/* Only hours specified */
That comment belongs to inside the following if() {...}.
> +		if (n == 1 || n == 2) {
... i.e. here.
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> +			hour = offset;
> +			min = 0;
> +		} else {
> +			hour = offset / 100;
> +			min = offset % 100;
> +		}
> +	}
>  
>  	/*
> +	 * Don't accept any random crap.. We might want to check that
> +	 * the minutes are divisible by 15 or something too. (Offset of
> +	 * Kathmandu, Nepal is UTC+5:45)
>  	 */
> -	if (min < 60 && n > 2) {
> +	if (n > 0 && min < 60 && hour < 25) {

What is this "hour < 25" about? Aren't we talking about the UTC offset value that come after the [-+] sign?

I do not mind adding a new check, but I do mind if it adds a check with not much value. Even at Pacific/Kiritimati, the offset is 14; the new check seems a bit too lenient.

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>  		offset = hour*60+min;
>  		if (*date == '-')
>  			offset = -offset;
> diff --git a/t/t0006-date.sh b/t/t0006-date.sh
> index f87abb5..5235b7a 100755
> --- a/t/t0006-date.sh
> +++ b/t/t0006-date.sh
> @@ -40,6 +40,11 @@ check_parse 2008-02 bad
>  check_parse 2008-02-14 bad
>  check_parse '2008-02-14 20:30:45' '2008-02-14 20:30:45 +0000'
>  check_parse '2008-02-14 20:30:45 -0500' '2008-02-14 20:30:45 -0500'
> +check_parse '2008-02-14 20:30:45 -0015' '2008-02-14 20:30:45 -0015'
> +check_parse '2008-02-14 20:30:45 -5' '2008-02-14 20:30:45 -0500'
> +check_parse '2008-02-14 20:30:45 -05' '2008-02-14 20:30:45 -0500'
> +check_parse '2008-02-14 20:30:45 -:30' '2008-02-14 20:30:45 +0000'
> +check_parse '2008-02-14 20:30:45 -05:00' '2008-02-14 20:30:45 -0500'
>  check_parse '2008-02-14 20:30:45' '2008-02-14 20:30:45 -0500' EST5
>  
>  check_approxidate() {
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Message 5 of 12 in “date.c: Parse timezone with colon as separator”
  1. date.c: Parse timezone with colon as separatorHaitao Li, Sep 6, 2011
  2. Jeff KingSep 6, 2011
  3. Haitao LiSep 7, 2011
  4. date.c: Support iso8601 timezone formatsHaitao Li, Sep 7, 2011
  5. Junio C HamanoSep 7, 2011
  6. Haitao LiSep 8, 2011
  7. date.c: Support iso8601 timezone formatsHaitao Li, Sep 9, 2011
  8. Junio C HamanoSep 9, 2011
  9. Junio C HamanoSep 9, 2011
  10. Junio C HamanoSep 9, 2011
  11. Haitao LiSep 10, 2011
  12. Haitao LiSep 10, 2011

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