time: LoadLocation doesn't work on windows if Go is not installed #21881
Description
What version of Go are you using (go version)?
go version go1.8.3 windows/amd64
Does this issue reproduce with the latest release?
Yes
What operating system and processor architecture are you using (go env)?
set GOARCH=amd64
set GOBIN=
set GOEXE=.exe
set GOHOSTARCH=amd64
set GOHOSTOS=windows
set GOOS=windows
set GOPATH=C:\Users\Iman Akabi\go
set GORACE=
set GOROOT=C:\Go
set GOTOOLDIR=C:\Go\pkg\tool\windows_amd64
set GCCGO=gccgo
set CC=gcc
set GOGCCFLAGS=-m64 -mthreads -fmessage-length=0
set CXX=g++
set CGO_ENABLED=1
set PKG_CONFIG=pkg-config
set CGO_CFLAGS=-g -O2
set CGO_CPPFLAGS=
set CGO_CXXFLAGS=-g -O2
set CGO_FFLAGS=-g -O2
set CGO_LDFLAGS=-g -O2
What did you do?
https://play.golang.org/p/VuJ3ofkdk8
package main
import (
"fmt"
"time"
"log"
)
func main() {
var ParisLocation, err = time.LoadLocation("Europe/Paris")
if(err != nil) {
log.Fatal(err)
}
fmt.Println(ParisLocation)
}
I built this basic go code and generated an executable file.
I have an error when I run this executable on a windows machine without Go installed because time.LoadLocation needs to aceess to "zoneinfo.zip" located at $GOROOT/lib/time/zoneinfo.zip.
What did you expect to see?
Europe/Paris
What did you see instead?
open c:\go\lib\time\zoneinfo.zip: The system cannot find the file specified.