const char *xx = FORMAT_TIMESTAMP(x);
ASSERT_NOT_NULL(xx);
+ /* Because of the timezone change, format_timestamp() may set timezone that is currently unused.
+ * E.g. Africa/Juba uses EAT since Sat Jan 15 10:00:00 2000 and until Sun Jan 31 20:59:59 2021, but
+ * now CAT/CAST is used there (see zdump for more details). In such cases, format_timestamp() may set
+ * the timezone used at the specified time (which happens when built with musl), but it may not match
+ * the timezone currently used, thus we may not parse back the timestamp. */
+
+ const char *space;
+ ASSERT_NOT_NULL(space = strrchr(xx, ' '));
+
+ const char *tz = space + 1;
+ if (!streq_ptr(tz, get_tzname(/* dst= */ false)) &&
+ !streq_ptr(tz, get_tzname(/* dst= */ true)) &&
+ parse_gmtoff(tz, NULL) < 0) {
+
+ log_warning("@" USEC_FMT " → %s, timezone '%s' is currently unused, ignoring.", x, xx, tz);
+
+ /* Verify the generated string except for the timezone part. Of course, in most cases, parsed
+ * time does not match with the input, hence only check if it is parsable. */
+ ASSERT_OK(parse_timestamp(strndupa_safe(xx, space - xx), NULL));
+ return;
+ }
+
usec_t y;
ASSERT_OK(parse_timestamp(xx, &y));
const char *yy = FORMAT_TIMESTAMP(y);