[Xfce-bugs] [Bug 16036] New: Entering an invalid timezone falls back to UTC with no clear error

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https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16036

            Bug ID: 16036
           Summary: Entering an invalid timezone falls back to UTC with no
                    clear error
    Classification: Xfce Core
           Product: Xfce4-panel
           Version: 4.14.1
          Hardware: PC (x86_64)
                OS: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: Medium
         Component: Clock
          Assignee: xfce-bugs at xfce.org
          Reporter: rkd at rkd.me.uk
  Target Milestone: Panel 4.14

Created attachment 9110
  --> https://bugzilla.xfce.org/attachment.cgi?id=9110&action=edit
Patch to display an error on invalid timezones

I mistakenly entered "BST" in the "Timezone" field in the Clock plugin's
properties. This isn't valid (it needs to be Europe/London) but nothing told me
this - it just fell back to UTC. (This would have showed up if I'd had timezone
included in the display, but I didn't.)

This looks like it's ultimately a problem with g_time_zone_new not providing
any error response (https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/issues/553).

However, the panel plugin could work around this by checking for itself whether
the timezone exists, and I've got a patch that does so (attached).

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