Back out the 2000-04-02 change.

diff --git a/m4/strftime.m4 b/m4/strftime.m4
index 22790f6a31f2ec14ae7d7fe562613ad3c297c6c9..ad12ddb11ac632782f8b6dc59b3d08fec874148c 100644 (file)
--- a/m4/strftime.m4
+++ b/m4/strftime.m4
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#serial 11
+#serial 12
 
 dnl This macro is intended to be used solely in this file.
 dnl These are the prerequisite macros for GNU's strftime.c replacement.
@@ -36,11 +36,7 @@ AC_DEFUN(jm_FUNC_GNU_STRFTIME,
  AC_REQUIRE([AC_HEADER_STDC])dnl
  AC_CHECK_HEADERS(sys/time.h)
  AC_CACHE_CHECK([for working GNU strftime], jm_cv_func_working_gnu_strftime,
-  [# Set TZ to GMT0 to make strftime give consistent results during the test.
-   ac_save_TZ="${TZ-GMT0}"
-   TZ=GMT0
-   export TZ
-   AC_TRY_RUN(
+  [AC_TRY_RUN(
 [ /* Ulrich Drepper provided parts of the test program.  */
 #if STDC_HEADERS
 # include <stdlib.h>
@@ -81,6 +77,10 @@ main ()
   time_t t = 738367; /* Fri Jan  9 13:06:07 1970 */
   tm = gmtime (&t);
 
+  /* This is necessary to make strftime give consistent zone strings and
+     e.g., seconds since the epoch (%s).  */
+  putenv ("TZ=GMT0");
+
 #undef CMP
 #define CMP(Fmt, Expected) n_fail += compare ((Fmt), tm, (Expected))
 
@@ -139,8 +139,6 @@ main ()
              jm_cv_func_working_gnu_strftime=no,
             dnl When crosscompiling, assume strftime is missing or broken.
             jm_cv_func_working_gnu_strftime=no)
-   dnl If TZ wasn't set before, this sets it to GMT0.  No real harm done.
-   TZ="$ac_save_TZ"
   ])
   if test $jm_cv_func_working_gnu_strftime = no; then
     AC_SUBST(LIBOBJS)