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#430 clock command is broken

obsolete: 8.2
closed-fixed
nobody
2
2001-04-04
2000-10-26
Anonymous
No

OriginalBugID: 3342 Bug
Version: 8.2
SubmitDate: '1999-11-05'
LastModified: '1999-11-08'
Severity: SER
Status: Closed
Submitter: techsupp
ChangedBy: hobbs
OS: Windows NT
OSVersion: 4.0 SP5
FixedDate: '2000-10-25'
ClosedDate: '1999-11-08'

Name:
Ian Brown

Comments:
Broken on both win95 and WinNT4.0 SP5. Win 95 reports a date in 1970 !

% puts $tcl_patchLevel
8.2.0
%

ReproducibleScript:
wish
% clock clicks
1822534556
% clock format 1822534556
Sun Oct 03 05:35:56 W. Europe Daylight Time 2027
% clock format [clock clicks]
Sun Oct 03 11:23:16 W. Europe Daylight Time 2027
%

ObservedBehavior:
Date and time are way wrong

DesiredBehavior:
Wednesday, October 6th, 1999

The user wants [clock seconds], not [clock clicks].
-- 11/08/1999 hobbs

Discussion

  • Brent B. Welch

    Brent B. Welch - 2000-10-26
    • priority: 5 --> 2
    • status: open --> closed-fixed
     
  • Don Porter

    Don Porter - 2001-04-04
    • labels: 104236 --> 06. Time Measurement