> Public bug reported:
>
> Binary package hint: alpine
>
> In the help section for "Index Format" under Setup Configuration, I see
> this option:
>
> PREFDATETIME
> This token represents the date and time at which the message was
> sent, according to the "Date" header field. It is the preferred
> date and time representation for the current locale. Internally it
> uses the %c version of the time from the strftime routine.
>
> On my system (Ubuntu 9.10), I see this:
>
> $ date +%c
> Mon 03 May 2010 10:14:15 AM CDT
>
> When I use PREFDATETIME in the Index Format, it does have that format,
> but every date begins with "Sun" (Sunday) instead of the correct day of
> the week. This was at least the case when I tested it on a Monday
> morning in my time zone, so the day displayed might depend on the
> current date. The really pathological thing is that all dates in the
> index say "Sun" even though they are from many different days, dates,
> years, etc.
On Mon, 3 May 2010, Mike Miller wrote:
> Public bug reported:
>
> Binary package hint: alpine
>
> In the help section for "Index Format" under Setup Configuration, I see
> this option:
>
> PREFDATETIME
> This token represents the date and time at which the message was
> sent, according to the "Date" header field. It is the preferred
> date and time representation for the current locale. Internally it
> uses the %c version of the time from the strftime routine.
>
> On my system (Ubuntu 9.10), I see this:
>
> $ date +%c
> Mon 03 May 2010 10:14:15 AM CDT
>
> When I use PREFDATETIME in the Index Format, it does have that format,
> but every date begins with "Sun" (Sunday) instead of the correct day of
> the week. This was at least the case when I tested it on a Monday
> morning in my time zone, so the day displayed might depend on the
> current date. The really pathological thing is that all dates in the
> index say "Sun" even though they are from many different days, dates,
> years, etc.
Wow, that's one sad bug. Thanks for the report.