[3.8] bpo-36779: time.tzname returns empty string on Windows if default cod… (GH-13073)#14032
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Calling setlocale(LC_CTYPE, "") on a system where GetACP() returns CP_UTF8 results in empty strings in _tzname[].
This causes time.tzname to be an empty string.
I have reported the bug to the UCRT team and will follow up, but it will take some time get a fix into production.
In the meantime one possible workaround is to temporarily change the locale by calling setlocale(LC_CTYPE, "C") before calling _tzset and restore the current locale after if the GetACP() == CP_UTF8 or CP_UTF7
@zooba
https://bugs.python.org/issue36779
(cherry picked from commit b4c7def)
Co-authored-by: Paul Monson paulmon@users.noreply.github.com
https://bugs.python.org/issue36779