diff --git a/glib/tests/gdatetime.c b/glib/tests/gdatetime.c index 85fffdd06..b3e5e86c0 100644 --- a/glib/tests/gdatetime.c +++ b/glib/tests/gdatetime.c @@ -2932,6 +2932,7 @@ test_posix_parse (void) GTimeZone *tz; GDateTime *gdt1, *gdt2; gint i1, i2; + const char *expect_id; /* Check that an unknown zone name falls back to UTC. */ G_GNUC_BEGIN_IGNORE_DEPRECATIONS @@ -2954,11 +2955,25 @@ test_posix_parse (void) g_time_zone_unref (tz); /* This fails rules_from_identifier on Unix (though not on Windows) - * but passes anyway because PST8PDT is a zone name. + * but can pass anyway because PST8PDT is a legacy System V zone name. */ tz = g_time_zone_new_identifier ("PST8PDT"); + expect_id = "PST8PDT"; + +#ifndef G_OS_WIN32 + /* PST8PDT is in tzdata's "backward" set, packaged as tzdata-legacy and + * not always present in some OSs; fall back to the equivalent geographical + * name if the "backward" time zones are absent. */ + if (tz == NULL) + { + g_test_message ("Legacy PST8PDT time zone not available, falling back"); + tz = g_time_zone_new_identifier ("America/Los_Angeles"); + expect_id = "America/Los_Angeles"; + } +#endif + g_assert_nonnull (tz); - g_assert_cmpstr (g_time_zone_get_identifier (tz), ==, "PST8PDT"); + g_assert_cmpstr (g_time_zone_get_identifier (tz), ==, expect_id); /* a date in winter = non-DST */ gdt1 = g_date_time_new (tz, 2024, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0); i1 = g_time_zone_find_interval (tz, G_TIME_TYPE_STANDARD, g_date_time_to_unix (gdt1));