[PATCH v3] libstdc++: Support ON-format DAY in Zone UNTIL field [PR124852]

Jonathan Wakely jwakely@redhat.com
Tue May 12 13:23:53 GMT 2026


On Tue, 12 May 2026 at 14:49 +0200, Tomasz Kamiński wrote:
>From: Álvaro Begué <alvaro.begue@gmail.com>
>
>The Zone-line UNTIL parser only accepted a plain day-of-month integer
>for the DAY field, while the tzdata.zi grammar accepts the same ON-style
>forms as Rule lines: lastSun, Sun>=8, Sat<=20, etc. Real zones use these
>forms in their UNTIL DAY: Europe/Simferopol's `3 - MSK 1997 Mar lastSu
>1u`, for instance, became `Mar 1` (silently misparsed) instead of `Mar
>30`, leaving Simferopol an extra 29 days in MSK.
>
>The previous parser's `int d = 1; in >> m >> d >> t;` chain silently
>left d == 1 when the day token wasn't a digit, then went on to parse the
>remainder as the TIME field.
>
>Renames on_day to on_month_day, and factor out the day-component parser
>parser from operator>>(istream&, on_day&) as operator>> for newly added
>on_day_t tag type, and reuse it for the UNTIL DAY field. The operator
>handles all three on_day forms (DayOfMonth, LastWeekday, LessEq /
>GreaterEq).  The MONTH-only and YEAR-only short forms are still accepted
>because the DAY/TIME fields are optional and default to day 1, time 00:00.
>The on_day struct's pin() method handles the year/month-relative
>resolution.
>
>The DAY field is unambiguously distinguishable from a TIME field that
>could otherwise follow the MONTH directly: per zic's grammar, MONTH
>must be followed by DAY before any TIME is allowed.  So we always
>attempt to parse a DAY if any non-whitespace remains after the MONTH.
>
>libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog:
>
>	PR libstdc++/124852
>	* src/c++20/tzdb.cc (on_day): Rename to...
>	(on_day_month): Rename from on_day.
>	(on_day_month::on_day_t, on_day_month::on_day): Define.
>	(operator>>(istream&, on_day_t&&)): Factored out of
>	operator>>(istream&, on_day&).
>	(operator>>(istream&, on_day&)): Use on_day_t parser.
>	(operator>>(istream&, ZoneInfo&)): Replace the integer DAY
>	parser with on_day_t for the UNTIL field.
>	* testsuite/std/time/time_zone/until_day_on.cc: New test.
>
>Reviewed-by: Jonathan Wakely <jwakely@redhat.com>
>Co-authored-by: Tomasz Kamiński <tkaminsk@redhat.com>
>Signed-off-by: Álvaro Begué <alvaro.begue@gmail.com>
>Signed-off-by: Tomasz Kamiński <tkaminsk@redhat.com>
>---
>v2 changes:
>- removed if (!ws(in).eof())
>- add test_year_month_day_only test, without time
>- expanded all *_only test to cover with comment

Great, thanks for the changes. OK for trunk.

(I think we should backport this to 16.2 or 16.3 eventually as well)

>
>Testing on x86_64-linux. All *time_zone* test passed.
>
> libstdc++-v3/src/c++20/tzdb.cc                |  76 ++++--
> .../std/time/time_zone/until_day_on.cc        | 222 ++++++++++++++++++
> 2 files changed, 272 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)
> create mode 100644 libstdc++-v3/testsuite/std/time/time_zone/until_day_on.cc
>
>diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/src/c++20/tzdb.cc b/libstdc++-v3/src/c++20/tzdb.cc
>index e9ce120622c..8d108523a4a 100644
>--- a/libstdc++-v3/src/c++20/tzdb.cc
>+++ b/libstdc++-v3/src/c++20/tzdb.cc
>@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ namespace std::chrono
>   constinit atomic<tzdb_list::_Node*> tzdb_list::_Node::_S_head_cache{nullptr};
> #endif
>
>-  // The data structures defined in this file (Rule, on_day, at_time etc.)
>+  // The data structures defined in this file (Rule, on_month_day, at_time etc.)
>   // are used to represent the information parsed from the tzdata.zi file
>   // described at https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man8/zic.8.html#FILES
>
>@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ namespace std::chrono
>     };
>
>     // The IN and ON fields of a RULE record, e.g. "March lastSunday".
>-    struct on_day
>+    struct on_month_day
>     {
>       using rep = uint_least16_t;
>       // Equivalent to Kind, chrono::month, chrono::day, chrono::weekday,
>@@ -367,7 +367,15 @@ namespace std::chrono
> 	return ymd;
>       }
>
>-      friend istream& operator>>(istream&, on_day&);
>+      struct on_day_t // tag type for reading ON and DAY fields only
>+      {
>+	on_month_day& parent;
>+	friend istream& operator>>(istream&, on_day_t&&);
>+      };
>+
>+      on_day_t on_day() { return on_day_t{*this}; }
>+
>+      friend istream& operator>>(istream&, on_month_day&);
>     };
>
>     // Wrapper for two chrono::year values, which reads the FROM and TO
>@@ -590,9 +598,9 @@ namespace std::chrono
>     // A RULE record from the tzdata.zi timezone info file.
>     struct Rule
>     {
>-      // This allows on_day to reuse padding of at_time.
>+      // This allows on_month_day to reuse padding of at_time.
>       // This keeps the size to 8 bytes and the alignment to 4 bytes.
>-      struct datetime : at_time { on_day day; };
>+      struct datetime : at_time { on_month_day day; };
>
>       // TODO combining name+letters into a single string (like in ZoneInfo)
>       // would save sizeof(string) and make Rule fit in a single cacheline.
>@@ -654,17 +662,17 @@ namespace std::chrono
> 	    << ' ' << r.when.day.get_month() << ' ';
> 	switch (r.when.day.kind)
> 	{
>-	case on_day::DayOfMonth:
>+	case on_month_day::DayOfMonth:
> 	  out << (unsigned)r.when.day.get_day();
> 	  break;
>-	case on_day::LastWeekday:
>+	case on_month_day::LastWeekday:
> 	  out << "last" << weekday(r.when.day.day_of_week);
> 	  break;
>-	case on_day::LessEq:
>+	case on_month_day::LessEq:
> 	  out << weekday(r.when.day.day_of_week) << " <= "
> 	    << r.when.day.day_of_month;
> 	  break;
>-	case on_day::GreaterEq:
>+	case on_month_day::GreaterEq:
> 	  out << weekday(r.when.day.day_of_week) << " >= "
> 	    << r.when.day.day_of_month;
> 	  break;
>@@ -2200,22 +2208,25 @@ namespace std::chrono
>       }
>     };
>
>-    istream& operator>>(istream& in, on_day& to)
>+    // Read the day-component of an on_month_day expression (everything after
>+    // the month).  Three forms are accepted: a plain day-of-month number,
>+    // "lastXxx" where Xxx is a weekday name (LastWeekday), or "Xxx<=N" or
>+    // "Xxx>=N" (LessEq / GreaterEq).  On failure the function sets failbit
>+    // and leaves `to.parent` unchanged.
>+    istream& operator>>(istream& in, on_month_day::on_day_t&& to)
>     {
>-      on_day on{};
>-      abbrev_month m{};
>-      in >> m;
>-      on.month = static_cast<unsigned>(m.m);
>+      using enum on_month_day::Kind;
>+
>+      on_month_day& on = to.parent;
>       int c = ws(in).peek();
>       if ('0' <= c && c <= '9')
> 	{
>-	  on.kind = on_day::DayOfMonth;
> 	  unsigned d;
> 	  in >> d;
> 	  if (d <= 31) [[likely]]
> 	    {
>+	      on.kind = DayOfMonth;
> 	      on.day_of_month = d;
>-	      to = on;
> 	      return in;
> 	    }
> 	}
>@@ -2224,9 +2235,8 @@ namespace std::chrono
> 	  in.ignore(4);
> 	  if (abbrev_weekday w{}; in >> w) [[likely]]
> 	    {
>-	      on.kind = on_day::LastWeekday;
>+	      on.kind = LastWeekday;
> 	      on.day_of_week = w.wd.c_encoding();
>-	      to = on;
> 	      return in;
> 	    }
> 	}
>@@ -2238,14 +2248,13 @@ namespace std::chrono
> 	    {
> 	      if (in.get() == '=')
> 		{
>-		  on.kind = c == '<' ? on_day::LessEq : on_day::GreaterEq;
>-		  on.day_of_week = w.wd.c_encoding();
> 		  unsigned d;
> 		  in >> d;
> 		  if (d <= 31) [[likely]]
> 		    {
>+		      on.kind = c == '<' ? LessEq : GreaterEq;
>+		      on.day_of_week = w.wd.c_encoding();
> 		      on.day_of_month = d;
>-		      to = on;
> 		      return in;
> 		    }
> 		}
>@@ -2255,6 +2264,17 @@ namespace std::chrono
>       return in;
>     }
>
>+    istream& operator>>(istream& in, on_month_day& to)
>+    {
>+      on_month_day md{};
>+      abbrev_month m{};
>+      in >> m;
>+      md.month = static_cast<unsigned>(m.m);
>+      if (in >> md.on_day())
>+	to = md;
>+      return in;
>+    }
>+
>     istream& operator>>(istream& in, at_time& at)
>     {
>       int sign = 1;
>@@ -2357,12 +2377,16 @@ namespace std::chrono
>       in.exceptions(ios::goodbit); // Don't throw ios::failure if YEAR absent.
>       if (int y = int(year::max()); in >> y)
> 	{
>-	  abbrev_month m{January};
>-	  int d = 1;
>+	  on_month_day on{ .kind = on_month_day::DayOfMonth,
>+			   .month = 1, .day_of_month = 1 };
> 	  at_time t{};
>-	  // XXX DAY should support ON format, e.g. lastSun or Sun>=8
>-	  in >> m >> d >> t;
>-	  inf.m_until = sys_days(year(y)/m.m/day(d)) + seconds(t.time);
>+	  if (abbrev_month m{January}; in >> m)
>+	    {
>+	      on.month = static_cast<unsigned>(m.m);
>+	      in >> on.on_day() >> t;
>+	    }
>+	  year_month_day ymd = on.pin(year(y));
>+	  inf.m_until = sys_days(ymd) + seconds(t.time);
> 	  if (t.indicator != at_time::Universal)
> 	    { // UNTIL uses "the rules in effect just before the transition"
> 	      // adjust by STDOFF
>diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/testsuite/std/time/time_zone/until_day_on.cc b/libstdc++-v3/testsuite/std/time/time_zone/until_day_on.cc
>new file mode 100644
>index 00000000000..38e4bc254cc
>--- /dev/null
>+++ b/libstdc++-v3/testsuite/std/time/time_zone/until_day_on.cc
>@@ -0,0 +1,222 @@
>+// { dg-do run { target c++20 } }
>+// { dg-require-effective-target tzdb }
>+// { dg-require-effective-target cxx11_abi }
>+// { dg-xfail-run-if "no weak override on AIX" { powerpc-ibm-aix* } }
>+
>+// The DAY portion of a Zone line's UNTIL field accepts not only a
>+// numeric day-of-month but also "lastXxx" (last weekday in the month)
>+// and "Xxx<=N" / "Xxx>=N" forms, just like the ON field of a Rule line.
>+//
>+// Real-world example: Europe/Simferopol has
>+//   3 - MSK 1997 Mar lastSu 1u
>+// which places the boundary on 1997-03-30 (the last Sunday of March).
>+
>+#include <chrono>
>+#include <fstream>
>+#include <testsuite_hooks.h>
>+
>+static bool override_used = false;
>+
>+namespace __gnu_cxx
>+{
>+  const char* zoneinfo_dir_override() {
>+    override_used = true;
>+    return "./";
>+  }
>+}
>+
>+void
>+test_lastsu()
>+{
>+  using namespace std::chrono;
>+
>+  std::ofstream("tzdata.zi") << R"(# version test_lastsu
>+Z Test/LastSu 3 - MSK 1997 Mar lastSu 1u
>+              3 - X
>+)";
>+
>+  const auto& db = reload_tzdb();
>+  VERIFY( override_used ); // If this fails then XFAIL for the target.
>+  VERIFY( db.version == "test_lastsu" );
>+
>+  auto* tz = locate_zone("Test/LastSu");
>+
>+  // True boundary: 1997-03-30 01:00 UTC (lastSu of March 1997 is Mar 30,
>+  // and the indicator is 'u' = Universal so no offset adjustment).
>+  sys_seconds boundary = sys_days{1997y/March/30} + 1h;
>+
>+  // Just before: still in the MSK line.
>+  auto before = tz->get_info(boundary - 1s);
>+  VERIFY( before.abbrev == "MSK" );
>+  VERIFY( before.offset == 3h );
>+
>+  // At/after the boundary: in the X line.
>+  auto at = tz->get_info(boundary);
>+  VERIFY( at.abbrev == "X" );
>+
>+  // Check that the lastSu day is parsed correctly, and not defaulted
>+  // to the 1st: a March 15 query must still be in the MSK line.
>+  auto mid_march = tz->get_info(sys_days{1997y/March/15});
>+  VERIFY( mid_march.abbrev == "MSK" );
>+  VERIFY( mid_march.offset == 3h );
>+}
>+
>+void
>+test_sun_ge_n()
>+{
>+  using namespace std::chrono;
>+
>+  std::ofstream("tzdata.zi") << R"(# version test_sun_ge_n
>+Z Test/SunGE 0 - A 1990 Jun Sun>=8 0u
>+             0 - B
>+)";
>+
>+  const auto& db = reload_tzdb();
>+  VERIFY( override_used ); // If this fails then XFAIL for the target.
>+  VERIFY( db.version == "test_sun_ge_n" );
>+
>+  auto* tz = locate_zone("Test/SunGE");
>+
>+  // First Sunday >= June 8 1990 = June 10 (June 8 1990 was a Friday).
>+  sys_seconds boundary = sys_days{1990y/June/10};
>+
>+  auto before = tz->get_info(boundary - 1s);
>+  VERIFY( before.abbrev == "A" );
>+  auto at = tz->get_info(boundary);
>+  VERIFY( at.abbrev == "B" );
>+
>+  // Check that Sun>=8 is parsed correctly, and not defaulted to the 1st.
>+  auto early = tz->get_info(sys_days{1990y/June/1});
>+  VERIFY( early.abbrev == "A" );
>+}
>+
>+void
>+test_sun_le_n()
>+{
>+  using namespace std::chrono;
>+
>+  std::ofstream("tzdata.zi") << R"(# version test_sun_le_n
>+Z Test/SunLE 0 - A 1990 Jun Sun<=15 0u
>+             0 - B
>+)";
>+
>+  const auto& db = reload_tzdb();
>+  VERIFY( override_used ); // If this fails then XFAIL for the target.
>+  VERIFY( db.version == "test_sun_le_n" );
>+
>+  auto* tz = locate_zone("Test/SunLE");
>+
>+  // Last Sunday <= June 15 1990 = June 10.
>+  sys_seconds boundary = sys_days{1990y/June/10};
>+
>+  auto before = tz->get_info(boundary - 1s);
>+  VERIFY( before.abbrev == "A" );
>+  auto at = tz->get_info(boundary);
>+  VERIFY( at.abbrev == "B" );
>+}
>+
>+void
>+test_year_only()
>+{
>+  using namespace std::chrono;
>+
>+  // MONTH, DAY and TIME default to January 1st 00:00 if not specified.
>+  std::ofstream("tzdata.zi") << R"(# version test_year_only
>+Z Test/YearOnly 0 - A 1990
>+                0 - B
>+Z Test/YearOnlyC 4 - C 1995 # comment
>+                 4 - D
>+)";
>+
>+  const auto& db = reload_tzdb();
>+  VERIFY( override_used ); // If this fails then XFAIL for the target.
>+  VERIFY( db.version == "test_year_only" );
>+
>+  auto* tz = locate_zone("Test/YearOnly");
>+  sys_seconds boundary = sys_days{1990y/January/1};
>+  auto before = tz->get_info(boundary - 1s);
>+  VERIFY( before.abbrev == "A" );
>+  auto at = tz->get_info(boundary);
>+  VERIFY( at.abbrev == "B" );
>+
>+  tz = locate_zone("Test/YearOnlyC");
>+  boundary = sys_days{1995y/January/1} - 4h;
>+  before = tz->get_info(boundary - 1s);
>+  VERIFY( before.abbrev == "C" );
>+  at = tz->get_info(boundary);
>+  VERIFY( at.abbrev == "D" );
>+}
>+
>+void
>+test_year_month_only()
>+{
>+  using namespace std::chrono;
>+
>+  // DAY and TIME default to the 1st 00:00 if not specified.
>+  std::ofstream("tzdata.zi") << R"(# version test_year_month_only
>+Z Test/YearMonth 0 - A 1990 Jul
>+                 0 - B
>+Z Test/YearMonthC 3 - C 1995 Apr # comment
>+                  3 - D
>+)";
>+
>+  const auto& db = reload_tzdb();
>+  VERIFY( override_used ); // If this fails then XFAIL for the target.
>+  VERIFY( db.version == "test_year_month_only" );
>+
>+  auto* tz = locate_zone("Test/YearMonth");
>+  sys_seconds boundary = sys_days{1990y/July/1};
>+  auto before = tz->get_info(boundary - 1s);
>+  VERIFY( before.abbrev == "A" );
>+  auto at = tz->get_info(boundary);
>+  VERIFY( at.abbrev == "B" );
>+
>+  tz = locate_zone("Test/YearMonthC");
>+  boundary = sys_days{1995y/April/1} - 3h;
>+  before = tz->get_info(boundary - 1s);
>+  VERIFY( before.abbrev == "C" );
>+  at = tz->get_info(boundary);
>+  VERIFY( at.abbrev == "D" );
>+}
>+
>+void
>+test_year_month_day_only()
>+{
>+  using namespace std::chrono;
>+
>+  std::ofstream("tzdata.zi") << R"(# version test_day_only
>+Z Test/DayOnly 0 - A 1997 Mar 12
>+               0 - B
>+Z Test/DayOnlyC 5 - C 1998 Jun 14 # comment
>+                5 - D
>+)";
>+
>+  const auto& db = reload_tzdb();
>+  VERIFY( override_used ); // If this fails then XFAIL for the target.
>+  VERIFY( db.version == "test_day_only" );
>+
>+  auto* tz = locate_zone("Test/DayOnly");
>+  sys_seconds boundary = sys_days{1997y/March/12};
>+  auto before = tz->get_info(boundary - 1s);
>+  VERIFY( before.abbrev == "A" );
>+  auto at = tz->get_info(boundary);
>+  VERIFY( at.abbrev == "B" );
>+
>+  tz = locate_zone("Test/DayOnlyC");
>+  boundary = sys_days{1998y/June/14} - 5h;
>+  before = tz->get_info(boundary - 1s);
>+  VERIFY( before.abbrev == "C" );
>+  at = tz->get_info(boundary);
>+  VERIFY( at.abbrev == "D" );
>+}
>+
>+int
>+main()
>+{
>+  test_lastsu();
>+  test_sun_ge_n();
>+  test_sun_le_n();
>+  test_year_only();
>+  test_year_month_only();
>+  test_year_month_day_only();
>+}
>-- 
>2.54.0
>
>



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