From 6a003d7589e9f820bd94140ca151d5bb6b8e1a41 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Russ Cox <rsc@golang.org>
Date: Sun, 3 Feb 2013 22:41:00 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] time: handle zone file with no transitions

Code fix by Alex Bramley.

Fixes #4064.

R=golang-dev, adg
CC=golang-dev
https://golang.org/cl/7289049
---
 src/pkg/time/time_test.go     | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 src/pkg/time/zoneinfo_read.go |  6 ++++++
 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/pkg/time/time_test.go b/src/pkg/time/time_test.go
index 04b0ade242..3698c4fe2a 100644
--- a/src/pkg/time/time_test.go
+++ b/src/pkg/time/time_test.go
@@ -1265,6 +1265,22 @@ func TestCountMallocs(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestLoadFixed(t *testing.T) {
+	// Issue 4064: handle locations without any zone transitions.
+	loc, err := LoadLocation("Etc/GMT+1")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	// The tzdata name Etc/GMT+1 uses "east is negative",
+	// but Go and most other systems use "east is positive".
+	// So GMT+1 corresponds to -3600 in the Go zone, not +3600.
+	name, offset := Now().In(loc).Zone()
+	if name != "GMT+1" || offset != -1*60*60 {
+		t.Errorf("Now().In(loc).Zone() = %q, %d, want %q, %d", name, offset, "GMT+1", -1*60*60)
+	}
+}
+
 func BenchmarkNow(b *testing.B) {
 	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
 		t = Now()
diff --git a/src/pkg/time/zoneinfo_read.go b/src/pkg/time/zoneinfo_read.go
index a5a2de218e..4519c99623 100644
--- a/src/pkg/time/zoneinfo_read.go
+++ b/src/pkg/time/zoneinfo_read.go
@@ -174,6 +174,12 @@ func loadZoneData(bytes []byte) (l *Location, err error) {
 		}
 	}
 
+	if len(tx) == 0 {
+		// Build fake transition to cover all time.
+		// This happens in fixed locations like "Etc/GMT0".
+		tx = append(tx, zoneTrans{when: -1 << 63, index: 0})
+	}
+
 	// Committed to succeed.
 	l = &Location{zone: zone, tx: tx}