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tests/printf3.sub

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+LC_ALL=C
+LANG=C
+
+SHELLSTART=$(date +%s)
+SECS=1275250155
+export TZ=EST5EDT
+
+printf "%()T\n" $SECS
+printf "%(abde)Z\n" -1
+
+printf "%(%e-%b-%Y %T)T\n" $SECS
+
+printf -v v1 "%(%e-%b-%Y %T)T\n" $(date +%s)
+printf -v v2 "%(%e-%b-%Y %T)T\n" -1
+
+case $v1 in
+$v2)	;;
+*)	echo "current time and -1 possible mismatch|$v1|$v2|" >&2 ;;
+esac
+unset v1 v2
+
+v1=$(date +%s)
+printf -v v2 "%(%s)T" -1
+
+case $v1 in
+$v2)	;;
+*)	echo "current time mismatch:$v1|$v2|" >&2 ;;
+esac
+unset v1 v2
+
+printf "%(%x %X)T\n" $(( $SECS - 3600 ))
+
+printf -v v1 "%(%F %r)T\n" $SHELLSTART
+printf -v v2 "%(%F %r)T\n" -2
+
+case $v1 in
+$v2)	;;
+*)	echo "shell start time and -2 possible mismatch|$v1|$v2|" >&2 ;;
+esac
+unset v1 v2
+
+printf "current time: %(%F %r)T\n" $SECS
+
+printf "epoch time: %(%F %r %z)T\n" 0
+printf "random time: %(%F %r %z)T\n"  $SECS
+
+printf "local time: %(%a %b %e %H:%M:%S %Z %Y)T\n" $SECS
+
+# test fieldwidth, justification, precision
+printf "%-40.50(%a %b %e %H:%M:%S %Z %Y)T date-style time\n" $SECS
+
+# test fieldwidth, justification, precision, embedded parens
+printf "%-40.50(%x (foo) %X)T date-style time\n" $SECS