Re: [PATCH 1/3] date: add helpers to convert between "+HHMM" timezones and minutes

[Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>]

On Wed, Sep 30, 2026 at 04:47:02AM -0700, Karthik Nayak wrote:

One suggestion: I'd recommend trimming the mails you're responding to a
bit more aggressively. Otherwise one is hunting for responses in files
and hunks that are not relevant to your remarks :)

> Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> writes:
> > diff --git a/date.c b/date.c
> > index 014065b419..63ea9dbc76 100644
> > --- a/date.c
> > +++ b/date.c
> > @@ -103,8 +113,7 @@ static int local_time_tzoffset(time_t t, struct tm *tm)
> >  		offset = t_local - t;
> >  	}
> >  	offset /= 60; /* in minutes */
> > -	offset = (offset % 60) + ((offset / 60) * 100);
> > -	return offset * eastwest;
> > +	return minutes_to_tz(offset * eastwest);
> 
> While mathematically it's the same, but shouldn't this have been
> `minutes_to_tz(offset) * eastwest`?

I guess we can. It's probably less confusing if we do it this way
indeed.

Patrick