strange (german) system date

[Klaus Major]

Hi Richard,

> Klaus Major wrote:
>>>>> ...
>>>>> Rev 2.8.1, WIN XP Home SP2.
>>>>> In the msg:
>>>>> put the long date -> Tuesday, June 5, 2007
>>>>> which is correct.
>>>>> put the long system date -> Mittwoch, 5. Juni 2007
>>>>> which tells me it is wednesday (Mittwoch), NOT correct
>>>>
>>>> Verified here.
>>>> This is an engine bug introduced with version 2.8.1, meaning  
>>>> that  Rev in their attempts to be progressive are one step ahead  
>>>> of  themselves in this particular instance.
>> Filed under bug #5112, but Mark S. was faster than me and so #5122  
>> is  a duplicate of #5035 :-)
>
> It might also be helpful to know whether this issue is unique to  
> German systems, or all non-US systems, or which set of systems are  
> affected.

Looks like this affects all non english systems.
Mark S. reported this bug first (#5035) with a dutch system.

Anyone else with a non english windows system seen this?

> One of the things that impressed me about RunRev's handling of  
> v2.8.1's development was how much longer they extended the beta  
> test period.  Do we know if this bug was introduced while fixing  
> something else late in the game, or did we really have so little  
> testing done by our European friends?
>
> That's not meant to sound provocative; we all get busy, and I've  
> missed whole beta cycles in the past when I've had project  
> deadlines to meet.
>
> But for the future it would of course be ideal to have a test cycle  
> long enough to allow folks to run their own stuff sufficiently to  
> catch regression issues like this.
>
> What recommendations could we make to minimize the potential for  
> these sorts of errors going forward?
> -- 
>  Richard Gaskin
>  Managing Editor, revJournal
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Best

Klaus Major
klaus at major-k.de
http://www.major-k.de