Bug #9414
closed
strftime returns incorrectly encoded string
Added by jimsong (Jimmy Song) over 10 years ago.
Updated over 6 years ago.
Description
On French Windows 7 with date set to July 1 2014 (summer daylight savings time):
C:\Ruby200\bin>irb
DL is deprecated, please use Fiddle
irb(main):001:0> Time.now.strftime("%Z")
=> "Centre (heure d\x92\xE9t\xE9)"
irb(main):002:0> Time.now.strftime("%Z").encoding
=> #<Encoding:CP850>
irb(main):003:0> puts Time.now.strftime("%Z")
Centre (heure dÆÚtÚ)
=> nil
irb(main):004:0> puts Time.now.strftime("%Z").force_encoding("CP1252")
Centre (heure d'été)
=> nil
irb(main):005:0>
It looks like the string that is returned by strftime here does not actually match the encoding that is applied to it? The returned bytes only make sense if interpreted as Windows-1252, not CP850. This is on a clean install of Ruby with no gems added.
- Status changed from Open to Feedback
What's your system codepage, 850 or 1252?
- Description updated (diff)
- ruby -v changed from ruby 2.0.0p353 (2013-11-22) [i386-mingw32] to -
Issue #9414 has been updated by Nobuyoshi Nakada.
Status changed from Open to Feedback
What's your system codepage, 850 or 1252?
Bug #9414: strftime returns incorrectly encoded string
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/9414#change-44351
- Author: Jimmy Song
- Status: Feedback
- Priority: Normal
- Assignee: Nobuyoshi Nakada
- Category: platform/mingw
- Target version: current: 2.2.0
- ruby -v: ruby 2.0.0p353 (2013-11-22) [i386-mingw32]
- Backport: 1.9.3: UNKNOWN, 2.0.0: UNKNOWN, 2.1: UNKNOWN
On French Windows 7 with date set to July 1 2014 (summer daylight savings time):
C:\Ruby200\bin>irb
DL is deprecated, please use Fiddle
irb(main):001:0> Time.now.strftime("%Z")
=> "Centre (heure d\x92\xE9t\xE9)"
irb(main):002:0> Time.now.strftime("%Z").encoding
=> #Encoding:CP850
irb(main):003:0> puts Time.now.strftime("%Z")
Centre (heure dÆÚtÚ)
=> nil
irb(main):004:0> puts Time.now.strftime("%Z").force_encoding("CP1252")
Centre (heure d'été)
=> nil
irb(main):005:0>
It looks like the string that is returned by strftime here does not actually match the encoding that is applied to it? The returned bytes only make sense if interpreted as Windows-1252, not CP850. This is on a clean install of Ruby with no gems added.
--
http://bugs.ruby-lang.org/
Issue #9414 has been updated by Nobuyoshi Nakada.
Description updated
Bug #9414: strftime returns incorrectly encoded string
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/9414#change-44352
- Author: Jimmy Song
- Status: Feedback
- Priority: Normal
- Assignee: Nobuyoshi Nakada
- Category: platform/mingw
- Target version: current: 2.2.0
- ruby -v: ruby 2.0.0p353 (2013-11-22) [i386-mingw32]
- Backport: 1.9.3: UNKNOWN, 2.0.0: UNKNOWN, 2.1: UNKNOWN
On French Windows 7 with date set to July 1 2014 (summer daylight savings time):
C:\Ruby200\bin>irb
DL is deprecated, please use Fiddle
irb(main):001:0> Time.now.strftime("%Z")
=> "Centre (heure d\x92\xE9t\xE9)"
irb(main):002:0> Time.now.strftime("%Z").encoding
=> #<Encoding:CP850>
irb(main):003:0> puts Time.now.strftime("%Z")
Centre (heure dÆÚtÚ)
=> nil
irb(main):004:0> puts Time.now.strftime("%Z").force_encoding("CP1252")
Centre (heure d'été)
=> nil
irb(main):005:0>
It looks like the string that is returned by strftime here does not actually match the encoding that is applied to it? The returned bytes only make sense if interpreted as Windows-1252, not CP850. This is on a clean install of Ruby with no gems added.
--
http://bugs.ruby-lang.org/
How do I determine the system code page?
Ah, ok, I think I got it:
C:\Ruby200\bin>chcp
Page de codes active : 850
Issue #9414 has been updated by Jimmy Song.
How do I determine the system code page?
Bug #9414: strftime returns incorrectly encoded string
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/9414#change-44358
- Author: Jimmy Song
- Status: Feedback
- Priority: Normal
- Assignee: Nobuyoshi Nakada
- Category: platform/mingw
- Target version: current: 2.2.0
- ruby -v: -
- Backport: 1.9.3: UNKNOWN, 2.0.0: UNKNOWN, 2.1: UNKNOWN
On French Windows 7 with date set to July 1 2014 (summer daylight savings time):
C:\Ruby200\bin>irb
DL is deprecated, please use Fiddle
irb(main):001:0> Time.now.strftime("%Z")
=> "Centre (heure d\x92\xE9t\xE9)"
irb(main):002:0> Time.now.strftime("%Z").encoding
=> #<Encoding:CP850>
irb(main):003:0> puts Time.now.strftime("%Z")
Centre (heure dÆÚtÚ)
=> nil
irb(main):004:0> puts Time.now.strftime("%Z").force_encoding("CP1252")
Centre (heure d'été)
=> nil
irb(main):005:0>
It looks like the string that is returned by strftime here does not actually match the encoding that is applied to it? The returned bytes only make sense if interpreted as Windows-1252, not CP850. This is on a clean install of Ruby with no gems added.
--
http://bugs.ruby-lang.org/
Issue #9414 has been updated by Jimmy Song.
Ah, ok, I think I got it:
C:\Ruby200\bin>chcp
Page de codes active : 850
Bug #9414: strftime returns incorrectly encoded string
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/9414#change-44359
- Author: Jimmy Song
- Status: Feedback
- Priority: Normal
- Assignee: Nobuyoshi Nakada
- Category: platform/mingw
- Target version: current: 2.2.0
- ruby -v: -
- Backport: 1.9.3: UNKNOWN, 2.0.0: UNKNOWN, 2.1: UNKNOWN
On French Windows 7 with date set to July 1 2014 (summer daylight savings time):
C:\Ruby200\bin>irb
DL is deprecated, please use Fiddle
irb(main):001:0> Time.now.strftime("%Z")
=> "Centre (heure d\x92\xE9t\xE9)"
irb(main):002:0> Time.now.strftime("%Z").encoding
=> #<Encoding:CP850>
irb(main):003:0> puts Time.now.strftime("%Z")
Centre (heure dÆÚtÚ)
=> nil
irb(main):004:0> puts Time.now.strftime("%Z").force_encoding("CP1252")
Centre (heure d'été)
=> nil
irb(main):005:0>
It looks like the string that is returned by strftime here does not actually match the encoding that is applied to it? The returned bytes only make sense if interpreted as Windows-1252, not CP850. This is on a clean install of Ruby with no gems added.
--
http://bugs.ruby-lang.org/
- Target version deleted (
2.2.0)
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