Hi clipka,

Here is what I get:

```
#version 3.8;
#warning concat("\ndatetime(now) is ", datetime(now), "\n")
```
gives:
```
Persistence of Vision(tm) Ray Tracer Version 3.8.0-beta.1.unofficial (g++ 7 @
 x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
....
File 'test.pov' line 2: Parse Warning:  datetime(now) is 2021-08-12 05:20:38Z
```

`date` gives `2021/8/12 thursday 14:20:38 JST` (I am in Japan, output edited to
remove the japanese characters, and there is no DST here)

Hope it will help,
Pascal



clipka <ano### [at] anonymousorg> wrote:
> Folks,
>
> regarding the `datetime(now)` issue, I need more information from you
> folks, to make sure I'm not hunting a phantom.
>
>
> As far as I can tell, there may be as many as three variants of behavior
> out there, with `datetime(now)` returning the current time as either...:
>
> (A) UTC time,
>
> (B) LOCAL time, properly respecting daylight savings time, or
>
> (C) LOCAL time, IGNORING daylight savings time,
>
> with all variants appending a literal "Z" (intended to indicate UTC, but
> being bonkers in cases (B) and (C)).
>
>
> There are also two variants of the source code out there... well,
> actually three by now:
>
> (1) Some old boost-based source code;
>
> (2) some newer C++11-based code; and
>
> (3) a variant of (1) with a fix to enforce behavior (A).
>
>
> These variants were used in the following POV-Ray versions:
>
> v3.7.0.0 - v3.8.0-alpha.10013324 (2019-01-14):
> Variant (1)
>
> v3.8.0-alpha.10064268 (2019-02-19) - v3.8.0-alpha.11272893 (last alpha):
> Variant (2)
>
> v3.8.0-beta.1:
> Variant (1) again
>
> v3.8.0-beta.2:
> Variant (3)
>
>
> I need your help to test the different variants of the code (especially
> (1) and (2)) on your machines, and let me know:
>
> - What behavior you are observing for code variant (1);
> - what behavior you are observing for code variant (2);
> - what operating system you are using; and
> - what version of boost POV-Ray has been compiled with.
>
> Bonus questions:
>
> - Using genuine POV-Ray, have you ever, and beyond doubt, observed
> behavior (B) during times when DST was in effect in your time zone?
>
>
> (Please disregard derivatives such as rpov in this test/poll. They have
> no impact whatsoever on the question I'm eager to get answers to.)
>
>
> I have a hunch that I may have been looking in a completely wrong
> direction in this matter.

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