# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Windows timezone fix for code-execution child processes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a bug where child processes spawned for code execution on Windows report the wrong local time when an IANA timezone name is configured, because Windows CPython cannot parse IANA names passed via the TZ environment variable. The members cover the bug report and related fix attempts.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #113166. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #113166 (and any competing PRs below) before filing. Confirm the merged change covers your symptom.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-113166`. This is distinct from the fix status above. Weigh it yourself.

## How this cluster was grouped

- Link evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.
- Pairwise link density `0.67`: the share of member pairs that carry a link, counting a structural link in full and a relevance-only link at 0.36. `1.00` means every pair is linked.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #112233: Windows: code-execution children report a wrong local time when \`timezone:\` is configured — an IANA name is handed to \`TZ\`, which Windows CPython cannot parse

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#113166: fix(tools): Windows execute_code children keep the correct local time when a timezone is configured (#112233, salvage #112261)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_code_execution.py`, `tests/tools/test_code_execution_windows_env.py`, `tools/code_execution_env.py`, `website/docs/reference/environment-variables.md`, `website/docs/user-guide/configuration.md`, `website/i18n/zh-Hans/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/current/reference/environment-variables.md`, `website/i18n/zh-Hans/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/current/user-guide/configuration.md`
- **#112261: fix(tools): preserve Windows code child local timezone**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#113166`, `#112261`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #113166 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-17`.