# \[Bug #500\] TZ=HST$B$G(BFailure: test\_strftime(TestTime)

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bug-500-tz-hst-b-g-bfailure-test-strftime-testtime/146909>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [August 26, 2008, 6:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bug-500-tz-hst-b-g-bfailure-test-strftime-testtime/146909 "2008-08-26T18:28:34Z")\
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Bug #500: TZ=HSTe$B$Ge(BFailure: test\_strftime(TestTime)  
[http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/500](http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/500)

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% env TZ=HST ruby-trunk -v test/ruby/test\_time.rb -n /strftime/  
ruby 1.9.0 (2008-08-25 revision 18832) [i686-linux]  
Loaded suite test/ruby/test\_time  
Started  
test/ruby/test\_time.rb:377: warning: strftime called with empty format  
string  
F  
Finished in 0.01258855 seconds.

1. Failure:  
test\_strftime(TestTime) [test/ruby/test\_time.rb:381]:  
\<“Sat”\> expected but was  
\<“Fri”\>.

1 tests, 26 assertions, 1 failures, 0 errors

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**Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 3:41pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bug-500-tz-hst-b-g-bfailure-test-strftime-testtime/146909/2 "2008-08-28T15:41:56Z")

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2008/08/27 1:23 Kazuhiro NISHIYAMA [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid):

> [http://zunda.freeshell.org/d/20080825.html#p04](http://zunda.freeshell.org/d/20080825.html#p04)  
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> % env TZ=HST ruby-trunk -v test/ruby/test\_time.rb -n /strftime/  
> ruby 1.9.0 (2008-08-25 revision 18832) [i686-linux]  
> Loaded suite test/ruby/test\_time  
> Started  
> test/ruby/test\_time.rb:377: warning: strftime called with empty format string  
> F  
> Finished in 0.01258855 seconds.

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# Index: test/ruby/test\_time.rb

— test/ruby/test\_time.rb (revision 18897)  
+++ test/ruby/test\_time.rb (working copy)  
@@ -378,7 +378,8 @@  
assert\_equal(“foo\0bar\x0000\x0000\x0000”,  
T2000.strftime(“foo\0bar\0%H\0%M  
\0%S”))  
assert\_equal(“foo” \* 1000, T2000.strftime(“foo” \* 1000))

- assert\_equal(“Sat”, Time.at(946684800).strftime(“%a”))

- t = Time.mktime(2000, 1, 1)

- assert\_equal(“Sat”, t.strftime(“%a”))

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**Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 4:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bug-500-tz-hst-b-g-bfailure-test-strftime-testtime/146909/3 "2008-08-28T16:13:05Z")

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2008/08/28 22:35 Shugo M. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid):

> > Finished in 0.01258855 seconds.
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**Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 4:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bug-500-tz-hst-b-g-bfailure-test-strftime-testtime/146909/4 "2008-08-28T16:57:40Z")

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## Applied in changeset r18901.

[http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/500](http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/500)