[tor-bugs] #25511 [Core Tor/Tor]: Expose TZ info on control port for better debugging of time errors

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#25511: Expose TZ info on control port for better debugging of time errors
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 Reporter:  nickm                                |          Owner:  neel
     Type:  enhancement                          |         Status:
                                                 |  merge_ready
 Priority:  Medium                               |      Milestone:  Tor:
                                                 |  0.3.4.x-final
Component:  Core Tor/Tor                         |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                               |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  roadmap, controller, 034-roadmap-    |  Actual Points:
  master, 034-triage-20180328,                   |
  034-included-20180328, s8-errors               |
Parent ID:                                       |         Points:
 Reviewer:  catalyst                             |        Sponsor:
                                                 |  Sponsor8
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Comment (by catalyst):

 On Linux, Tor Browser "7.5a8 (based on Mozilla Firefox 52.5.0) (64-bit)"
 with a custom config to log to a file on disk, the log file shows local
 time stamps but the "Copy Tor Log To Clipboard" button shows UTC time
 stamps.  The disk files have log levels in lowercase, while the clipboard
 logs have them in uppercase.  These imply that Tor Launcher might be
 postprocessing logs a little, or might be using control channel events to
 get log messages.

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