From 4fda0d9ab881cf44ecfa1e4d842d1be1a235cbec Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sylvestre Ledru <sylvestre@debian.org>
Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2026 21:50:25 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] date: add test for locale default format timezone
 position

Covers date-locale-hour.sh
---
 tests/by-util/test_date.rs | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 37 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_date.rs b/tests/by-util/test_date.rs
index 8ccc4793bee..95b47eb12b5 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_date.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_date.rs
@@ -2637,6 +2637,43 @@ fn test_locale_day_names() {
     }
 }
 
+// GNU test date-locale-hour: Default format should match locale
+#[test]
+#[cfg(unix)]
+fn test_date_locale_default_format_timezone_position() {
+    // Verify timezone appears after time, not between date and year
+    // Test with en_IE locale which should have timezone after time
+    let result = new_ucmd!()
+        .env("LC_ALL", "en_IE")
+        .env("TZ", "Europe/Brussels")
+        .arg("-d")
+        .arg("2025-10-11T13:00")
+        .run();
+
+    // Skip test if locale not available
+    if !result.succeeded() {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    let output = result.stdout_str().trim();
+
+    // Find positions of key components
+    let year_pos = output.find("2025").expect("Should contain year");
+    let time_pos = output.find("13:00").expect("Should contain time");
+    let tz_pos = output
+        .find("CEST")
+        .or_else(|| output.find("CET"))
+        .expect("Should contain timezone");
+
+    // Timezone should be near time, not between date and year
+    // Valid: "Oct 11 2025 13:00:00 CEST" or "Oct 11 13:00:00 CEST 2025"
+    // Invalid: "Oct 11 CEST 2025 13:00:00"
+    assert!(
+        tz_pos >= time_pos || tz_pos > year_pos,
+        "Timezone should appear after time or after year, not between them. Got: {output}"
+    );
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn test_percent_percent_not_replaced() {
     let cases = [

From 58fd19a9bbde2636cb6122fad1be27ae7e2bdf39 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sylvestre Ledru <sylvestre@debian.org>
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2026 13:59:35 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] date: use C locale and exact output in timezone position
 test

---
 tests/by-util/test_date.rs | 34 +++++-----------------------------
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_date.rs b/tests/by-util/test_date.rs
index 95b47eb12b5..0c3d61bc99d 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_date.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_date.rs
@@ -2637,41 +2637,17 @@ fn test_locale_day_names() {
     }
 }
 
-// GNU test date-locale-hour: Default format should match locale
+// GNU test date-locale-hour: the timezone must follow the time in the default format
 #[test]
 #[cfg(unix)]
 fn test_date_locale_default_format_timezone_position() {
-    // Verify timezone appears after time, not between date and year
-    // Test with en_IE locale which should have timezone after time
-    let result = new_ucmd!()
-        .env("LC_ALL", "en_IE")
+    new_ucmd!()
+        .env("LC_ALL", "C")
         .env("TZ", "Europe/Brussels")
         .arg("-d")
         .arg("2025-10-11T13:00")
-        .run();
-
-    // Skip test if locale not available
-    if !result.succeeded() {
-        return;
-    }
-
-    let output = result.stdout_str().trim();
-
-    // Find positions of key components
-    let year_pos = output.find("2025").expect("Should contain year");
-    let time_pos = output.find("13:00").expect("Should contain time");
-    let tz_pos = output
-        .find("CEST")
-        .or_else(|| output.find("CET"))
-        .expect("Should contain timezone");
-
-    // Timezone should be near time, not between date and year
-    // Valid: "Oct 11 2025 13:00:00 CEST" or "Oct 11 13:00:00 CEST 2025"
-    // Invalid: "Oct 11 CEST 2025 13:00:00"
-    assert!(
-        tz_pos >= time_pos || tz_pos > year_pos,
-        "Timezone should appear after time or after year, not between them. Got: {output}"
-    );
+        .succeeds()
+        .stdout_is("Sat Oct 11 13:00:00 CEST 2025\n");
 }
 
 #[test]