Synchronize v2.x With Changes from v1.x (#3581 )

* docs(tasks): v1.x inventory, triage template, merge report; update task checklist - Record merge-base and export v1-only commits (v2..v1) - Document failed merge attempt: v2 file tree diverges from v1 - Mark completed checklist items 0.x, 1.x, merge report draft (5.2) Made-with: Cursor * fix(pattern): %z with UTC pattern time shows +00:00 (port v1 09a674b7) - z_formatter takes pattern_time_type; emit +00:00 when pattern uses UTC - Track port in tasks/commits-ported.txt and merge-report; update checklist Made-with: Cursor * fix(os): Windows utc_minutes_offset via mktime/_mkgmtime (port v1 b656d1ce) - Replace GetTimeZoneInformation-based offset with v1.x mktime/_mkgmtime approach - Add tests/test_timezone.cpp and extend pattern_formatter tests; update os.h comment Made-with: Cursor * test(timezone): POSIX TZ with DST rules; include fcntl in tcp_client_unix (v1 ports) - 0f7562a0: EST5EDT / IST-2IDT macros for POSIX vs Windows - d2100d5d: fcntl.h for Unix tcp client header (v2 path) Made-with: Cursor * feat(tcp): connect timeouts and socket IO timeouts; ci: checkout@v6 (v1 ports) - 9ecdf5c8: connect_socket_with_timeout on Unix/Windows; tcp_sink timeout_ms - 3c61b051: actions/checkout@v6 on all workflows - tcp_sink: remove duplicate #pragma once Made-with: Cursor * feat(dup_filter_sink): ctor with sink list (v1 45b67eee); add full v1 SHA triage table - tasks/v1-triage-complete.md: 245 commits PORTED/PENDING/N/A for PRD 3A tracking - Merge report and task checklist updated Made-with: Cursor * feat(level): case-insensitive level_from_str; cmake: BUILD_TYPE only if top-level (v1 ports) - 566b2d14: common.cpp + test_misc (SUPERSEDED note for d5af52d9 in triage) - dd3ca04a: guard default CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE for add_subdirectory consumers - Update v1-triage-complete.md counts and statuses Made-with: Cursor * v1 parity: MSVC UTF-8, ansicolor/syslog/os, getenv, triage docs - CMake: SPDLOG_MSVC_UTF8 + /utf-8 for real MSVC only - ansicolor: protected target_file_; fix set_color_mode_ lock nesting - os: drop redundant fileapi.h; spdlog::details::os::getenv via std::getenv - tests: stopwatch waits 500ms; includes/triage/commits-ported/merge-report updates - Reclassify superseded v1 SHAs (Sep, syslog, stopwatch ms, utf8 tests, etc.) Made-with: Cursor * parity: ringbuffer zero capacity, utf8 assert; v1 triage sync - ringbuffer_sink: throw if n_items==0 (#3436); test expects spdlog_ex - utf8_to_wstrbuf: assert compares int to static_cast<int>(target.size()) (#3479) - Triage: PORTED ad725d34 getenv, 677a2d93 stopwatch, 3f7e5028, a6215527; SUPERSEDED a45c9390, eeb22c13, 5673e9e5, fe4f9952, 287333ee - tasks: 27 PORTED / 26 SUPERSEDED / 78 PENDING; merge-report + commits-ported Made-with: Cursor * docs(tasks): note regular commits and push after parity ports Made-with: Cursor * parity: dup_filter_sink notification level from last duplicate (#3390) - Remove notification_level ctor arg; track skipped_msg_log_level_ on duplicate skips - Test: skipped summary line uses same short level as duplicated messages - Triage: 847db337 PORTED; 28/26/77 counts; merge-report + commits-ported Made-with: Cursor * parity: UWP getenv (WINAPI_FAMILY); triage fmt/cfg/no-except - os_windows: detect non-desktop/UWP for empty getenv (#3489) - Triage: PORTED 8806ca65; SUPERSEDED e3f5a4fe e655dbb6; N/A ae1de0dc 548b2642 - Counts 29/28/116/72; merge-report + commits-ported Made-with: Cursor * parity: qt_sinks sign casts (#3487); triage 9c582574 superseded - qt_color_sink: qsizetype for UTF-8 color range lengths; index colors_ with size_t - SUPERSEDED: 9c582574 — os_unix utc_minutes_offset already matches #3366 - Counts 30/29/70; merge-report + commits-ported Made-with: Cursor * parity: SPDLOG_NO_TZ_OFFSET (#3483); triage #3360 superseded - CMake: option SPDLOG_NO_TZ_OFFSET; PUBLIC compile definition when ON - z_formatter: +??:?? when macro; else keep UTC +00:00 and local offset - utc_minutes_offset: stub on Unix/Windows when macro - test_pattern_formatter: %z UTC case matches placeholder when NO_TZ - SUPERSEDED 10320184 (ScopedPadder / %D already in v2) - Triage 31/30/68; merge-report + commits-ported Made-with: Cursor * triage: supersede 5931a3d6 ba508057 47b7e7c7 (already on v2 tree) Made-with: Cursor * tasks: sync 5.1 triage counts (33 superseded, 65 pending) Made-with: Cursor * parity: MSVC/clang hygiene #3515–#3519 #3521; triage batch - dup_filter_sink: filter_ const, const filter_duration (#3515) - logger: should_flush uses flush_level() (#3516) - daily_file_sink: new_filename locals (#3516) - spdlog::should_log(level log_level) (#3519) - example my_type value_ / ctor param (#3521) - Triage: PORTED 1774e700 309204d5 f2a9dec0 472945ba; N/A d299603e 57505989; SUPERSEDED 1ef8d3ce 8cfd4a7e; fix ba508057 row Made-with: Cursor * parity: udp_sink const udp_sink_config& (#3520); triage fc7e9c87 1685e694 - dist_sink already used std::move(sinks) - SUPERSEDED: no common-inl.h on v2; log_with_format_ avoids fmt copy path (#3541) Made-with: Cursor * parity: README fmt::format_to (#3259); triage 2670f47d d276069a 951c5b99 - Document ambiguous format_to fix in README user-defined type example - SUPERSEDED: z_formatter warning, fmt11 const formatter, rotate_now + test Made-with: Cursor * parity: lock rotate_now mutex (#3281); triage a2b42620 f355b3d5 d276069a - rotating_file_sink::rotate_now matches #3281 (sync with sink_it_) - SUPERSEDED: CMake 3.10..3.21 (v2 uses 3.23); daily test fmt::format; fmt11 const row Made-with: Cursor * parity: basic_file_sink::truncate (#3280); triage fwrite/fmt/test batch - truncate(): lock + file_helper::reopen(true) - test basic_file_sink_truncate - SUPERSEDED: b7e0e2c2 71925ca3 fa6605dc 885b5473 96c9a62b 1e6250e1 d7155530 Made-with: Cursor * parity: test_sink/callback iterator cast (#3315); triage Catch2 #3038 - difference_type cast for formatted.end() - eol_len (ad0f31c0) - SUPERSEDED: c1569a3d Catch2 v3.5.0, 73e2e02b wstr_to_utf8buf bounds Made-with: Cursor * parity: SPDLOG_WCHAR_CONSOLE WriteConsoleW path (#3092); triage b6da5944 - WIN32 option SPDLOG_WCHAR_CONSOLE; SPDLOG_UTF8_TO_WCHAR_CONSOLE in private defs - wincolor print_range_: utf8_to_wstrbuf + WriteConsoleW when defined - N/A: async_msg flush_callback move-assign (no v1 shape on v2) Made-with: Cursor * triage: v1 async_logger/thread_pool + fmt 11.1 batch (15 SHAs) - N/A: fe79bfcc 6725584e async tests 16e0d2e7 63d18842 d8e0ad46 1e7d7e07 3c23c27d - SUPERSEDED: faa0a7a9 85bdab0c 276ee5f5 7f8060d5 96a8f625 - Counts: 58 SUPERSEDED, 129 N/A, 17 PENDING; merge-report subsection Made-with: Cursor * Port v1 TSAN CMake (#3237); close 3A triage (MDC N/A, fmt 5A) Made-with: Cursor * docs(triage): note 3A table complete Made-with: Cursor * 5A: bundle fmt 12.1.0 (match v1.x), FMT_INSTALL, MSVC /wd4834, find_dependency(fmt 12) Made-with: Cursor * docs(5.4): migration and release notes for v1 parity integration branch Made-with: Cursor * docs: cross-link migration notes; refresh PRD/tasks/merge-report for completed 5A/3A Made-with: Cursor * revert: remove README and PRD cross-links to migration notes Made-with: Cursor * docs(merge-report): audit — add 9fe79692 to ports table; fix 6004e3d1 paths Made-with: Cursor * Remove tasks * PR comment fixes * Fix small random issues * Fix PR comments - un-remove the comment and allow any fmt library version --------- Co-authored-by: Jan Moravec <jan.moravec@hidglobal.com>
Bump fmt to 11.1.4
2026-04-10 11:34:29 +08:00 · 2026-04-08 17:17:37 +03:00 · 2025-04-13 12:46:01 +03:00 · 2025-04-11 14:45:11 +03:00 · 2025-03-29 13:58:40 +03:00 · 2025-03-17 16:15:12 +02:00
53 changed files with 849 additions and 263 deletions
--- a/.github/workflows/linux.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/linux.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ jobs:
      image: ${{ matrix.config.compiler == 'clang' && 'teeks99/clang-ubuntu' || matrix.config.compiler }}:${{ matrix.config.version }}
    name: "${{ matrix.config.compiler}} ${{ matrix.config.version }} (C++${{ matrix.config.cppstd }} ${{ matrix.config.build_type }} ${{ matrix.config.asan == 'ON' && 'ASAN' || '' }}${{ matrix.config.tsan == 'ON' && 'TSAN' || '' }})"
    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
      - name: Setup
        run: |
          apt-get update
--- a/.github/workflows/macos.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/macos.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ jobs:
    runs-on: macOS-latest
    name: "macOS Clang (C++17, Release)"
    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
      - name: Build
        run: |
          mkdir -p build && cd build
--- a/.github/workflows/windows.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/windows.yml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ jobs:

    steps:
      - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6

      - name: CMake ${{ matrix.config.GENERATOR }} CXX=${{matrix.config.CXX_STANDARD}}
        shell: pwsh
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ jobs:

    steps:
      - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6

      - name: CMake ${{ matrix.config.GENERATOR }} CXX=${{matrix.config.CXX_STANDARD}}
        shell: pwsh
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,45 +1,38 @@
-# Copyright(c) 2019 spdlog authors Distributed under the MIT License (http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
-
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.14)
-
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Start spdlog project
+# Copyright(c) 2019-present by spdlog authors.
+# Distributed under the MIT License (http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.23)
 include(cmake/utils.cmake)
 include(cmake/ide.cmake)
-
 spdlog_extract_version()
-
 project(spdlog VERSION ${SPDLOG_VERSION} LANGUAGES CXX)
-
 include(GNUInstallDirs)
-
 set_property(GLOBAL PROPERTY USE_FOLDERS ON)
-
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Set default build to release
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 if (NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE AND NOT CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES)
-    set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE "Release" CACHE STRING "Choose Release or Debug" FORCE)
+    # Set CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE only if this project is top-level (avoid overriding parent)
+    if ((DEFINED PROJECT_IS_TOP_LEVEL AND PROJECT_IS_TOP_LEVEL) OR
+        (NOT DEFINED PROJECT_IS_TOP_LEVEL AND CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR STREQUAL PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR))
+        set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE "Release" CACHE STRING "Choose Release or Debug" FORCE)
+    endif ()
 endif ()
-
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Compiler config
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# c++ standard >=17 is required
+# C++ standard >=17 is required
 if (NOT DEFINED CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD)
    set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
 elseif (CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD LESS 17)
    message(FATAL_ERROR "Minimum supported CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD is 17, but it is set to ${CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD}")
 endif ()
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
-
 set(CMAKE_CXX_EXTENSIONS OFF)
-
 if (CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "CYGWIN" OR CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "MSYS" OR CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "MINGW")
    set(CMAKE_CXX_EXTENSIONS ON)
 endif ()
-
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Set SPDLOG_MASTER_PROJECT to ON if we are building spdlog
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -51,95 +44,86 @@ if (NOT DEFINED SPDLOG_MASTER_PROJECT)
        set(SPDLOG_MASTER_PROJECT OFF)
    endif ()
 endif ()
-
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Options
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 option(SPDLOG_BUILD_ALL "Build all artifacts" OFF)
-
-# build shared option
 option(SPDLOG_BUILD_SHARED "Build shared library" OFF)
-
-# example options
 option(SPDLOG_BUILD_EXAMPLE "Build example" ${SPDLOG_MASTER_PROJECT})
-
-# testing options
 option(SPDLOG_BUILD_TESTS "Build tests" OFF)
-
-# bench options
 option(SPDLOG_BUILD_BENCH "Build benchmarks (Requires https://github.com/google/benchmark.git to be installed)" OFF)
-
-# sanitizer options
-option(SPDLOG_SANITIZE_ADDRESS "Enable address sanitizer in tests" OFF)
-
-# warning options
+option(SPDLOG_SANITIZE_ADDRESS "Enable address sanitizer for the spdlog library and anything that links it" OFF)
+option(SPDLOG_SANITIZE_THREAD "Enable thread sanitizer for the spdlog library and anything that links it" OFF)
+if (SPDLOG_SANITIZE_ADDRESS AND SPDLOG_SANITIZE_THREAD)
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "SPDLOG_SANITIZE_ADDRESS and SPDLOG_SANITIZE_THREAD are mutually exclusive")
+endif ()
 option(SPDLOG_BUILD_WARNINGS "Enable compiler warnings" OFF)
-
-# install options
 option(SPDLOG_SYSTEM_INCLUDES "Include as system headers (skip for clang-tidy)." OFF)
 option(SPDLOG_INSTALL "Generate the install target" ${SPDLOG_MASTER_PROJECT})
 option(SPDLOG_FMT_EXTERNAL "Use external fmt library instead of of fetching from gitub." OFF)
-
 if (${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} STREQUAL "Linux")
    option(SPDLOG_CLOCK_COARSE "Use CLOCK_REALTIME_COARSE instead of the regular clock," OFF)
 else ()
    set(SPDLOG_CLOCK_COARSE OFF CACHE BOOL "non supported option" FORCE)
 endif ()
-
 option(SPDLOG_PREVENT_CHILD_FD "Prevent from child processes to inherit log file descriptors" OFF)
 option(SPDLOG_NO_THREAD_ID "prevent spdlog from querying the thread id on each log call if thread id is not needed" OFF)
 option(SPDLOG_DISABLE_GLOBAL_LOGGER "Disable global logger creation" OFF)
 option(SPDLOG_NO_TLS "Disable thread local storage" OFF)
-
-# clang-tidy
+option(SPDLOG_NO_TZ_OFFSET "Omit %z timezone offset (use on platforms without tm_gmtoff / full offset)" OFF)
 option(SPDLOG_TIDY "run clang-tidy" OFF)
-
+set(SPDLOG_DEBUG_POSTFIX "-${SPDLOG_VERSION_MAJOR}.${SPDLOG_VERSION_MINOR}d" CACHE STRING
+        "Filename postfix for libraries in debug builds (empty string allowed)")
+option(SPDLOG_MSVC_UTF8 "Enable/disable MSVC /utf-8 flag (recommended for fmt)" ON)
+if (WIN32)
+    option(SPDLOG_WCHAR_CONSOLE "Decode UTF-8 and write with WriteConsoleW (Unicode console output)" OFF)
+else ()
+    set(SPDLOG_WCHAR_CONSOLE OFF CACHE BOOL "non supported option" FORCE)
+endif ()
 if (SPDLOG_TIDY)
    set(CMAKE_CXX_CLANG_TIDY "clang-tidy")
    set(CMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS ON)
    message(STATUS "Enabled clang-tidy")
 endif ()
-
 if (SPDLOG_BUILD_SHARED)
    set(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS ON)
    set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
 endif ()
-
 if (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "MSVC")
    # place dlls and libs and executables in the same directory
    set(CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin/$<CONFIG>)
    set(CMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin/$<CONFIG>)
    set(CMAKE_ARCHIVE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin/$<CONFIG>)
    set(CMAKE_PDB_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin/$<CONFIG>)
-
    # make sure __cplusplus is defined
    add_compile_options(/Zc:__cplusplus)
    # enable parallel build for the solution
    add_compile_options(/MP)
 endif ()
-
 message(STATUS "spdlog version: ${SPDLOG_VERSION}")
 message(STATUS "spdlog build type: " ${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE})
 message(STATUS "spdlog build shared: " ${BUILD_SHARED_LIBS})
 message(STATUS "spdlog fmt external: " ${SPDLOG_FMT_EXTERNAL})
-
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Find {fmt} library
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 if (SPDLOG_FMT_EXTERNAL)
-    find_package(fmt REQUIRED)
+    find_package(fmt REQUIRED CONFIG)
    message(STATUS "Using external fmt lib version: ${fmt_VERSION}")
 else ()
    include(cmake/fmtlib.cmake)
 endif ()
-
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Threads library is required
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 find_package(Threads REQUIRED)
-
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Library sources
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 set(SPDLOG_HEADERS
        "include/spdlog/common.h"
+        "include/spdlog/file_event_handlers.h"
+        "include/spdlog/filename_t.h"
        "include/spdlog/formatter.h"
        "include/spdlog/fwd.h"
        "include/spdlog/logger.h"
@@ -182,7 +166,6 @@ set(SPDLOG_HEADERS
        "include/spdlog/sinks/tcp_sink.h"
        "include/spdlog/sinks/udp_sink.h"
        "include/spdlog/sinks/async_sink.h")
-
 set(SPDLOG_SRCS
        "src/common.cpp"
        "src/logger.cpp"
@@ -198,7 +181,6 @@ set(SPDLOG_SRCS
        "src/sinks/rotating_file_sink.cpp"
        "src/sinks/stdout_sinks.cpp"
        "src/sinks/async_sink.cpp")
-
 if (WIN32)
    list(APPEND SPDLOG_SRCS
            "src/details/os_windows.cpp"
@@ -218,7 +200,6 @@ else ()
            "include/spdlog/details/udp_client_unix.h"
            "include/spdlog/sinks/ansicolor_sink.h")
 endif ()
-
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Check if fwrite_unlocked/_fwrite_nolock is available
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -231,7 +212,6 @@ endif ()
 if (HAVE_FWRITE_UNLOCKED)
    set(SPDLOG_FWRITE_UNLOCKED 1)
 endif ()
-
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # spdlog library
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -244,12 +224,12 @@ if (BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
    target_compile_definitions(spdlog PUBLIC SPDLOG_SHARED_LIB)
    if (MSVC)
        # disable dlls related warnings on msvc
-        target_compile_options(spdlog PUBLIC $<$<AND:$<CXX_COMPILER_ID:MSVC>,$<NOT:$<COMPILE_LANGUAGE:CUDA>>>:/wd4251
-                /wd4275>)
+        target_compile_options(spdlog PUBLIC $<$<AND:$<CXX_COMPILER_ID:MSVC>,$<NOT:$<COMPILE_LANGUAGE:CUDA>>>:/wd4251 /wd4275>)
    endif ()
 else ()
    add_library(spdlog STATIC)
 endif ()
+set_target_properties(spdlog PROPERTIES CXX_VISIBILITY_PRESET hidden VISIBILITY_INLINES_HIDDEN ON)
 add_library(spdlog::spdlog ALIAS spdlog)
 target_sources(spdlog PRIVATE ${SPDLOG_SRCS})
 target_sources(
@@ -258,90 +238,88 @@ target_sources(
        TYPE HEADERS
        BASE_DIRS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include
        FILES ${SPDLOG_HEADERS})
-
 set(SPDLOG_INCLUDES_LEVEL "")
 if (SPDLOG_SYSTEM_INCLUDES)
    set(SPDLOG_INCLUDES_LEVEL "SYSTEM")
 endif ()
-
 target_include_directories(spdlog ${SPDLOG_INCLUDES_LEVEL} PUBLIC "$<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/include>"
        "$<INSTALL_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}>")
-
 target_link_libraries(spdlog PUBLIC Threads::Threads)
 target_link_libraries(spdlog PUBLIC fmt::fmt)
+if (MSVC)
+    if (SPDLOG_MSVC_UTF8)
+        # Pass /utf-8 only for real MSVC (not clang-cl); see fmtlib and #3260.
+        target_compile_options(spdlog PUBLIC $<$<AND:$<COMPILE_LANGUAGE:CXX>,$<CXX_COMPILER_ID:MSVC>>:/utf-8>)
+    endif ()
+endif ()
 spdlog_enable_warnings(spdlog)
+if (SPDLOG_SANITIZE_ADDRESS)
+    spdlog_enable_addr_sanitizer(spdlog)
+elseif (SPDLOG_SANITIZE_THREAD)
+    spdlog_enable_thread_sanitizer(spdlog)
+endif ()
 set_target_properties(spdlog PROPERTIES VERSION ${SPDLOG_VERSION} SOVERSION
        ${SPDLOG_VERSION_MAJOR}.${SPDLOG_VERSION_MINOR})
-
 set(SPDLOG_NAME spdlog-${SPDLOG_VERSION_MAJOR})
-set_target_properties(spdlog PROPERTIES DEBUG_POSTFIX "-${SPDLOG_VERSION_MAJOR}.${SPDLOG_VERSION_MINOR}d")
-
+set_target_properties(spdlog PROPERTIES DEBUG_POSTFIX "${SPDLOG_DEBUG_POSTFIX}")
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# set source groups for visual studio
+# Set prefix and source group for visual studio
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 if (CMAKE_GENERATOR MATCHES "Visual Studio")
    source_group(TREE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include PREFIX include FILES ${SPDLOG_HEADERS})
    source_group(TREE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src PREFIX sources FILES ${SPDLOG_SRCS})
    source_group(sources FILES ${VERSION_RC})
 endif ()
-
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Add required libraries for Android CMake build
+# Android support
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 if (ANDROID)
    target_link_libraries(spdlog PUBLIC log)
 endif ()
-
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# spdlog private defines according to the options
+# Private defines according to the options
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+set(SPDLOG_UTF8_TO_WCHAR_CONSOLE ${SPDLOG_WCHAR_CONSOLE})
 foreach (SPDLOG_OPTION
        SPDLOG_CLOCK_COARSE
        SPDLOG_PREVENT_CHILD_FD
        SPDLOG_NO_THREAD_ID
        SPDLOG_DISABLE_GLOBAL_LOGGER
        SPDLOG_NO_TLS
-        SPDLOG_FWRITE_UNLOCKED)
+        SPDLOG_FWRITE_UNLOCKED
+        SPDLOG_UTF8_TO_WCHAR_CONSOLE)
    if (${SPDLOG_OPTION})
        target_compile_definitions(spdlog PRIVATE ${SPDLOG_OPTION})
    endif ()
 endforeach ()
-
+if (SPDLOG_NO_TZ_OFFSET)
+    target_compile_definitions(spdlog PUBLIC SPDLOG_NO_TZ_OFFSET)
+endif ()
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Build binaries
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# examples
 if (SPDLOG_BUILD_EXAMPLE OR SPDLOG_BUILD_ALL)
    message(STATUS "Generating example(s)")
    add_subdirectory(example)
    spdlog_enable_warnings(example)
 endif ()
-
+# tests
 if (SPDLOG_BUILD_TESTS OR SPDLOG_BUILD_ALL)
    message(STATUS "Generating tests")
    enable_testing()
    add_subdirectory(tests)
 endif ()
-
+# benchmarks
 if (SPDLOG_BUILD_BENCH OR SPDLOG_BUILD_ALL)
    message(STATUS "Generating benchmarks")
    add_subdirectory(bench)
 endif ()
-
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Install
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 if (SPDLOG_INSTALL)
    message(STATUS "Generating install")
-    set(project_config_in "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/cmake/spdlogConfig.cmake.in")
-    set(project_config_out "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/spdlogConfig.cmake")
-    set(config_targets_file "spdlogConfigTargets.cmake")
-    set(version_config_file "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/spdlogConfigVersion.cmake")
-    set(export_dest_dir "${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/cmake/${SPDLOG_NAME}")
-
-    # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-    # Include files
-    # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-    set(installed_include_dir "${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}/${SPDLOG_NAME}")
    install(
            TARGETS spdlog
            EXPORT spdlogTargets
@@ -351,20 +329,17 @@ if (SPDLOG_INSTALL)
            FILE_SET pub_headers
            DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}/${SPDLOG_NAME}")
    message(STATUS "Installing spdlog in ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/${SPDLOG_NAME}")
-
-    # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-    # Install CMake config files
-    # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    # Install CMake spdlogConfig.cmake, spdlogConfigVersion.cmake and spdlogTargets.cmake
+    set(project_config_in "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/cmake/spdlogConfig.cmake.in")
+    set(project_config_out "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/spdlogConfig.cmake")
+    set(config_targets_file "spdlogConfigTargets.cmake")
+    set(version_config_file "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/spdlogConfigVersion.cmake")
+    set(export_dest_dir "${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/cmake/${SPDLOG_NAME}")
    install(EXPORT spdlogTargets DESTINATION ${export_dest_dir} NAMESPACE spdlog:: FILE ${config_targets_file})
-
    include(CMakePackageConfigHelpers)
    configure_package_config_file("${project_config_in}" "${project_config_out}" INSTALL_DESTINATION ${export_dest_dir})
-
    write_basic_package_version_file("${version_config_file}" COMPATIBILITY SameMajorVersion)
    install(FILES "${project_config_out}" "${version_config_file}" DESTINATION "${export_dest_dir}")
-
-    # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-    # Support creation of installable packages
-    # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    # CPack
    include(cmake/spdlogCPack.cmake)
 endif ()
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ see example [CMakeLists.txt](https://github.com/gabime/spdlog/blob/v2.x/example/
 ## Features
 * Very fast (see [benchmarks](#benchmarks) below).
 * Headers only or compiled
-* Feature-rich formatting, using the excellent [fmt](https://github.com/fmtlib/fmt) library.
+* Feature-rich formatting, using the excellent [fmt](https://github.com/fmtlib/fmt) library (bundled **12.1.0** by default; use `SPDLOG_FMT_EXTERNAL=ON` for a system **fmt**, **12.x** recommended).
 * Asynchronous mode (optional)
 * [Custom](https://github.com/gabime/spdlog/wiki/3.-Custom-formatting) formatting.
 * Multi/Single threaded loggers.
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ struct fmt::formatter<my_type> : fmt::formatter<std::string>
 {
    auto format(my_type my, format_context &ctx) const -> decltype(ctx.out())
    {
-        return format_to(ctx.out(), "[my_type i={}]", my.i);
+        return fmt::format_to(ctx.out(), "[my_type i={}]", my.i);
    }
 };

--- a/bench/async_bench.cpp
+++ b/bench/async_bench.cpp
@@ -21,8 +21,7 @@

 using namespace std;
 using namespace std::chrono;
-using namespace spdlog;
-using namespace spdlog::sinks;
+using spdlog::sinks::async_sink;

 void bench_mt(int howmany, std::shared_ptr<spdlog::logger> log, int thread_count);

@@ -50,8 +49,8 @@ using namespace spdlog::sinks;
 int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
    // setlocale to show thousands separators
    std::locale::global(std::locale("en_US.UTF-8"));
-    int howmany = 1000000;
-    int queue_size = std::min(howmany + 2, 8192);
+    int howmany = 1'000'000;
+    int queue_size = async_sink::default_queue_size;
    int threads = 10;
    int iters = 3;

@@ -66,20 +65,23 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
        if (argc > 2) threads = atoi(argv[2]);
        if (argc > 3) {
            queue_size = atoi(argv[3]);
-            if (queue_size > 500000) {
-                spdlog::error("Max queue size allowed: 500,000");
-                exit(1);
-            }
        }

        if (argc > 4) iters = atoi(argv[4]);
        // validate all argc values
-        if (howmany < 1 || threads < 1 || queue_size < 1 || iters < 1) {
+        if (howmany < 1 || threads < 1 || queue_size < 1 ||  iters < 1) {
            spdlog::error("Invalid input values");
            exit(1);
        }

-        auto slot_size = sizeof(details::async_log_msg);
+        constexpr int max_q_size = async_sink::max_queue_size;
+        if(queue_size > max_q_size)
+        {
+            spdlog::error("Queue size too large. Max queue size is {:L}", max_q_size);
+            exit(1);
+        }
+
+        auto slot_size = sizeof(spdlog::details::async_log_msg);
        spdlog::info("-------------------------------------------------");
        spdlog::info("Messages     : {:L}", howmany);
        spdlog::info("Threads      : {:L}", threads);
@@ -99,8 +101,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
                auto cfg = async_sink::config();
                cfg.queue_size = queue_size;
                cfg.sinks.push_back(std::move(file_sink));
-                auto async_sink = std::make_shared<sinks::async_sink>(cfg);
-                auto logger = std::make_shared<spdlog::logger>("async_logger", std::move(async_sink));
+                auto sink = std::make_shared<async_sink>(cfg);
+                auto logger = std::make_shared<spdlog::logger>("async_logger", std::move(sink));
                bench_mt(howmany, std::move(logger), threads);
            }
            // verify_file(filename, howmany); // in separate scope to ensure logger is destroyed and all logs were written
@@ -117,8 +119,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
            cfg.queue_size = queue_size;
            auto file_sink = std::make_shared<basic_file_sink_mt>(filename, true);
            cfg.sinks.push_back(std::move(file_sink));
-            auto async_sink = std::make_shared<sinks::async_sink>(cfg);
-            auto logger = std::make_shared<spdlog::logger>("async_logger", std::move(async_sink));
+            auto sink = std::make_shared<async_sink>(cfg);
+            auto logger = std::make_shared<spdlog::logger>("async_logger", std::move(sink));
            bench_mt(howmany, std::move(logger), threads);
        }
        spdlog::shutdown();
--- a/bench/latency.cpp
+++ b/bench/latency.cpp
@@ -153,8 +153,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
    }
    using spdlog::sinks::async_sink;
    async_sink::config config;
-    config.queue_size = 3 * 1024 * 1024;
-    ;
+    config.queue_size = async_sink::default_queue_size;;
+
    config.sinks.push_back(std::make_shared<null_sink_st>());
    config.policy = async_sink::overflow_policy::overrun_oldest;
    auto async_logger = std::make_shared<spdlog::logger>("async_logger", std::make_shared<async_sink>(config));
--- a/cmake/fmtlib.cmake
+++ b/cmake/fmtlib.cmake
@@ -3,13 +3,25 @@ include(FetchContent)
 FetchContent_Declare(
    fmt
    DOWNLOAD_EXTRACT_TIMESTAMP FALSE
-    URL https://github.com/fmtlib/fmt/archive/refs/tags/11.1.2.tar.gz
-    URL_HASH SHA256=d8773cf062cc806d4dd4df658111f15ba7a2c9c65db5084d2491696828b1eb97)
+    URL https://github.com/fmtlib/fmt/archive/refs/tags/12.1.0.tar.gz
+    URL_HASH SHA256=ea7de4299689e12b6dddd392f9896f08fb0777ac7168897a244a6d6085043fea)

 FetchContent_GetProperties(fmt)
 if(NOT fmt_POPULATED)
    # We do not require os features of fmt
    set(FMT_OS OFF CACHE BOOL "Disable FMT_OS" FORCE)
+    # fmt 12+ defaults FMT_INSTALL to OFF when built as a subproject; spdlog's
+    # install(EXPORT) requires fmt to participate in an export set (CMake 3.23+).
+    # Only enable fmt's install rules when spdlog installs
+    if(SPDLOG_INSTALL)
+        set(FMT_INSTALL ON CACHE BOOL "Generate the install target." FORCE)
+    else()
+        set(FMT_INSTALL OFF CACHE BOOL "Generate the install target." FORCE)
+    endif()
    FetchContent_MakeAvailable(fmt)
    set_target_properties(fmt PROPERTIES FOLDER "third-party")
+    # fmt 12.1.0: MSVC C4834 on locale_ref ctor (discarded [[nodiscard]] from isalpha); fixed on fmt master after 12.1.0.
+    if (MSVC)
+        target_compile_options(fmt PRIVATE /wd4834)
+    endif ()
 endif()
--- a/cmake/spdlogCPack.cmake
+++ b/cmake/spdlogCPack.cmake
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ set(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_SECTION "libs")
 set(CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_URL ${CPACK_PROJECT_URL})
 set(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_HOMEPAGE ${CPACK_PROJECT_URL})
 set(CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_DESCRIPTION "Fast C++ logging library.")
-set(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_DESCRIPTION "FastC++ logging library.")
+set(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_DESCRIPTION "Fast C++ logging library.")

 if(CPACK_PACKAGE_NAME)
    set(CPACK_RPM_FILE_NAME "${CPACK_PACKAGE_NAME}-${CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION}")
--- a/cmake/spdlogConfig.cmake.in
+++ b/cmake/spdlogConfig.cmake.in
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ include(CMakeFindDependencyMacro)

 find_package(Threads REQUIRED)

-find_dependency(fmt 11 CONFIG)
+find_dependency(fmt CONFIG)

 set(config_targets_file @config_targets_file@)
 include("${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/${config_targets_file}")
--- a/example/example.cpp
+++ b/example/example.cpp
@@ -203,15 +203,15 @@ void multi_sink_example() {

 // User defined types logging
 struct my_type {
-    int i = 0;
-    explicit my_type(int i)
-        : i(i) {}
+    int value_ = 0;
+    explicit my_type(int value)
+        : value_(value) {}
 };

 template <>
 struct fmt::formatter<my_type> : fmt::formatter<std::string> {
    auto format(my_type my, format_context &ctx) const -> decltype(ctx.out()) {
-        return fmt::format_to(ctx.out(), "[my_type i={}]", my.i);
+        return fmt::format_to(ctx.out(), "[my_type value={}]", my.value_);
    }
 };

--- a/include/spdlog/common.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/common.h
@@ -18,19 +18,21 @@
 #include "fmt/base.h"
 #include "fmt/xchar.h"

-#if defined(SPDLOG_SHARED_LIB)
-    #if defined(_WIN32)
-        #ifdef spdlog_EXPORTS
-            #define SPDLOG_API __declspec(dllexport)
-        #else  // !spdlog_EXPORTS
-            #define SPDLOG_API __declspec(dllimport)
-        #endif
-    #else  // !defined(_WIN32)
-        #define SPDLOG_API __attribute__((visibility("default")))
+// Define SPDLOG_API according to current build settings
+#ifndef SPDLOG_SHARED_LIB
+    #define SPDLOG_API
+#elif defined(_WIN32)
+    #ifdef spdlog_EXPORTS
+        #define SPDLOG_API __declspec(dllexport) // Export symbols when building the library
+    #else
+        #define SPDLOG_API __declspec(dllimport) // Import symbols when using the library
    #endif
-#else  // !defined(SPDLOG_SHARED_LIB)
+#elif (defined(__GNUC__) || defined(__clang__))
+    #define SPDLOG_API __attribute__((visibility("default"))) // Export symbols for shared libraries
+#else
    #define SPDLOG_API
 #endif
+// End of SPDLOG_API definition

 #define SPDLOG_FMT_RUNTIME(format_string) fmt::runtime(format_string)
 #define SPDLOG_FMT_STRING(format_string) FMT_STRING(format_string)
--- a/include/spdlog/details/circular_q.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/details/circular_q.h
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 #include <cassert>
 #include <vector>

+#include <spdlog/common.h>
+
 namespace spdlog {
 namespace details {
 template <typename T>
--- a/include/spdlog/details/mpmc_blocking_q.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/details/mpmc_blocking_q.h
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@

 // multi producer-multi consumer blocking queue.
 // enqueue(..) - will block until room found to put the new message.
-// enqueue_nowait(..) - will return immediately with false if no room left in
-// the queue.
+// enqueue_nowait(..) - enqueue immediately; overruns oldest message if no
+// room left.
 // dequeue_for(..) - will block until the queue is not empty or timeout have
 // passed.

@@ -47,20 +47,15 @@ public:
    }

    void enqueue_if_have_room(T &&item) {
-        bool pushed = false;
        {
-            std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lock(queue_mutex_);
-            if (!q_.full()) {
-                q_.push_back(std::move(item));
-                pushed = true;
+            std::unique_lock lock(queue_mutex_);
+            if (q_.full()) {
+                ++discard_counter_;
+                return;
            }
+            q_.push_back(std::move(item));
        }
-
-        if (pushed) {
-            push_cv_.notify_one();
-        } else {
-            ++discard_counter_;
-        }
+        push_cv_.notify_one();
    }

    // dequeue with a timeout.
--- a/include/spdlog/details/null_mutex.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/details/null_mutex.h
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 #include <utility>

 // null, no cost dummy "mutex" and dummy "atomic" log level
-
 namespace spdlog {
 namespace details {
 struct null_mutex {
@@ -17,7 +16,7 @@ struct null_mutex {

 template <typename T>
 struct null_atomic {
-    T value;
+    T value{};

    null_atomic() = default;

--- a/include/spdlog/details/os.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/details/os.h
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ SPDLOG_API bool fopen_s(FILE **fp, const filename_t &filename, const filename_t
 // Return file size according to open FILE* object
 SPDLOG_API size_t filesize(FILE *f);

-// Return utc offset in minutes or throw spdlog_ex on failure
+// Return utc offset in minutes (0 on failure to compute offset)
 SPDLOG_API int utc_minutes_offset(const std::tm &tm = details::os::localtime());

 // Return current thread id as size_t
--- a/include/spdlog/details/tcp_client_unix.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/details/tcp_client_unix.h
@@ -13,9 +13,13 @@
 #include <netinet/in.h>
 #include <netinet/tcp.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#include <sys/select.h>
 #include <sys/socket.h>
+#include <sys/time.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>

+#include <cerrno>
 #include <string>

 #include "../common.h"
@@ -40,8 +44,67 @@ public:

    ~tcp_client_unix() { close(); }

+    static int connect_socket_with_timeout(int sockfd,
+                                             const struct sockaddr *addr,
+                                             socklen_t addrlen,
+                                             const struct timeval &tv) {
+        if (tv.tv_sec == 0 && tv.tv_usec == 0) {
+            int rv = ::connect(sockfd, addr, addrlen);
+            if (rv < 0 && errno == EISCONN) {
+                return 0;
+            }
+            return rv;
+        }
+
+        int orig_flags = ::fcntl(sockfd, F_GETFL, 0);
+        if (orig_flags < 0) {
+            return -1;
+        }
+        if (::fcntl(sockfd, F_SETFL, orig_flags | O_NONBLOCK) < 0) {
+            return -1;
+        }
+
+        int rv = ::connect(sockfd, addr, addrlen);
+        if (rv == 0 || (rv < 0 && errno == EISCONN)) {
+            ::fcntl(sockfd, F_SETFL, orig_flags);
+            return 0;
+        }
+        if (errno != EINPROGRESS) {
+            ::fcntl(sockfd, F_SETFL, orig_flags);
+            return -1;
+        }
+
+        fd_set wfds;
+        FD_ZERO(&wfds);
+        FD_SET(sockfd, &wfds);
+
+        struct timeval tv_copy = tv;
+        rv = ::select(sockfd + 1, nullptr, &wfds, nullptr, &tv_copy);
+        if (rv <= 0) {
+            ::fcntl(sockfd, F_SETFL, orig_flags);
+            if (rv == 0) {
+                errno = ETIMEDOUT;
+            }
+            return -1;
+        }
+
+        int so_error = 0;
+        socklen_t len = sizeof(so_error);
+        if (::getsockopt(sockfd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_ERROR, &so_error, &len) < 0) {
+            ::fcntl(sockfd, F_SETFL, orig_flags);
+            return -1;
+        }
+        ::fcntl(sockfd, F_SETFL, orig_flags);
+        if (so_error != 0 && so_error != EISCONN) {
+            errno = so_error;
+            return -1;
+        }
+
+        return 0;
+    }
+
    // try to connect or throw on failure
-    void connect(const std::string &host, int port) {
+    void connect(const std::string &host, int port, int timeout_ms = 0) {
        close();
        struct addrinfo hints {};
        memset(&hints, 0, sizeof(struct addrinfo));
@@ -50,6 +113,11 @@ public:
        hints.ai_flags = AI_NUMERICSERV;  // port passed as as numeric value
        hints.ai_protocol = 0;

+        const int validated_timeout_ms = timeout_ms > 0 ? timeout_ms : 0;
+        struct timeval tv;
+        tv.tv_sec = validated_timeout_ms / 1000;
+        tv.tv_usec = (validated_timeout_ms % 1000) * 1000;
+
        auto port_str = std::to_string(port);
        struct addrinfo *addrinfo_result;
        auto rv = ::getaddrinfo(host.c_str(), port_str.c_str(), &hints, &addrinfo_result);
@@ -70,8 +138,11 @@ public:
                last_errno = errno;
                continue;
            }
-            rv = ::connect(socket_, rp->ai_addr, rp->ai_addrlen);
-            if (rv == 0) {
+#ifndef SOCK_CLOEXEC
+            ::fcntl(socket_, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC);
+#endif
+            if (connect_socket_with_timeout(socket_, rp->ai_addr, rp->ai_addrlen, tv) == 0) {
+                last_errno = 0;
                break;
            }
            last_errno = errno;
@@ -83,6 +154,11 @@ public:
            throw_spdlog_ex("::connect failed", last_errno);
        }

+        if (validated_timeout_ms > 0) {
+            ::setsockopt(socket_, SOL_SOCKET, SO_RCVTIMEO, &tv, sizeof(tv));
+            ::setsockopt(socket_, SOL_SOCKET, SO_SNDTIMEO, &tv, sizeof(tv));
+        }
+
        // set TCP_NODELAY
        int enable_flag = 1;
        ::setsockopt(socket_, IPPROTO_TCP, TCP_NODELAY, reinterpret_cast<char *>(&enable_flag), sizeof(enable_flag));
--- a/include/spdlog/details/tcp_client_windows.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/details/tcp_client_windows.h
@@ -58,8 +58,76 @@ public:

    SOCKET fd() const { return socket_; }

+    int connect_socket_with_timeout(SOCKET sockfd,
+                                    const struct sockaddr *addr,
+                                    int addrlen,
+                                    const timeval &tv) {
+        if (tv.tv_sec == 0 && tv.tv_usec == 0) {
+            int rv = ::connect(sockfd, addr, addrlen);
+            if (rv == SOCKET_ERROR && WSAGetLastError() == WSAEISCONN) {
+                return 0;
+            }
+            return rv;
+        }
+
+        u_long mode = 1UL;
+        if (::ioctlsocket(sockfd, FIONBIO, &mode) == SOCKET_ERROR) {
+            return SOCKET_ERROR;
+        }
+
+        int rv = ::connect(sockfd, addr, addrlen);
+        int last_error = WSAGetLastError();
+        if (rv == 0 || last_error == WSAEISCONN) {
+            mode = 0UL;
+            if (::ioctlsocket(sockfd, FIONBIO, &mode) == SOCKET_ERROR) {
+                return SOCKET_ERROR;
+            }
+            return 0;
+        }
+        if (last_error != WSAEWOULDBLOCK) {
+            mode = 0UL;
+            if (::ioctlsocket(sockfd, FIONBIO, &mode)) {
+                return SOCKET_ERROR;
+            }
+            return SOCKET_ERROR;
+        }
+
+        fd_set wfds;
+        FD_ZERO(&wfds);
+        FD_SET(sockfd, &wfds);
+
+        timeval tv_copy = tv;
+        rv = ::select(0, nullptr, &wfds, nullptr, &tv_copy);
+
+        mode = 0UL;
+        if (::ioctlsocket(sockfd, FIONBIO, &mode) == SOCKET_ERROR) {
+            return SOCKET_ERROR;
+        }
+
+        if (rv == 0) {
+            WSASetLastError(WSAETIMEDOUT);
+            return SOCKET_ERROR;
+        }
+        if (rv == SOCKET_ERROR) {
+            return SOCKET_ERROR;
+        }
+
+        int so_error = 0;
+        int len = sizeof(so_error);
+        if (::getsockopt(sockfd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_ERROR, reinterpret_cast<char *>(&so_error), &len) ==
+            SOCKET_ERROR) {
+            return SOCKET_ERROR;
+        }
+        if (so_error != 0 && so_error != WSAEISCONN) {
+            WSASetLastError(so_error);
+            return SOCKET_ERROR;
+        }
+
+        return 0;
+    }
+
    // try to connect or throw on failure
-    void connect(const std::string &host, int port) {
+    void connect(const std::string &host, int port, int timeout_ms = 0) {
        if (is_connected()) {
            close();
        }
@@ -71,13 +139,17 @@ public:
        hints.ai_flags = AI_NUMERICSERV;  // port passed as as numeric value
        hints.ai_protocol = 0;

+        const int validated_timeout_ms = timeout_ms > 0 ? timeout_ms : 0;
+        timeval tv;
+        tv.tv_sec = validated_timeout_ms / 1000;
+        tv.tv_usec = (validated_timeout_ms % 1000) * 1000;
+
        auto port_str = std::to_string(port);
        struct addrinfo *addrinfo_result;
        auto rv = ::getaddrinfo(host.c_str(), port_str.c_str(), &hints, &addrinfo_result);
        int last_error = 0;
        if (rv != 0) {
            last_error = ::WSAGetLastError();
-            WSACleanup();
            throw_winsock_error_("getaddrinfo failed", last_error);
        }

@@ -87,21 +159,25 @@ public:
            socket_ = socket(rp->ai_family, rp->ai_socktype, rp->ai_protocol);
            if (socket_ == INVALID_SOCKET) {
                last_error = ::WSAGetLastError();
-                WSACleanup();
                continue;
            }
-            if (::connect(socket_, rp->ai_addr, (int)rp->ai_addrlen) == 0) {
+            if (connect_socket_with_timeout(socket_, rp->ai_addr, (int)rp->ai_addrlen, tv) == 0) {
+                last_error = 0;
                break;
-            } else {
-                last_error = ::WSAGetLastError();
-                close();
            }
+            last_error = WSAGetLastError();
+            ::closesocket(socket_);
+            socket_ = INVALID_SOCKET;
        }
        ::freeaddrinfo(addrinfo_result);
        if (socket_ == INVALID_SOCKET) {
-            WSACleanup();
            throw_winsock_error_("connect failed", last_error);
        }
+        if (validated_timeout_ms > 0) {
+            DWORD timeout_dword = static_cast<DWORD>(validated_timeout_ms);
+            ::setsockopt(socket_, SOL_SOCKET, SO_RCVTIMEO, (const char *)&timeout_dword, sizeof(timeout_dword));
+            ::setsockopt(socket_, SOL_SOCKET, SO_SNDTIMEO, (const char *)&timeout_dword, sizeof(timeout_dword));
+        }

        // set TCP_NODELAY
        int enable_flag = 1;
--- a/include/spdlog/details/udp_client_unix.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/details/udp_client_unix.h
@@ -70,9 +70,9 @@ public:
    // Send exactly n_bytes of the given data.
    // On error close the connection and throw.
    void send(const char *data, size_t n_bytes) {
-        ssize_t toslen = 0;
-        socklen_t tolen = sizeof(struct sockaddr);
-        if ((toslen = ::sendto(socket_, data, n_bytes, 0, (struct sockaddr *)&sockAddr_, tolen)) == -1) {
+        socklen_t tolen = sizeof(sockAddr_);
+        if (::sendto(socket_, data, n_bytes, 0, reinterpret_cast<const sockaddr *>(&sockAddr_),
+                     tolen) == -1) {
            throw_spdlog_ex("sendto(2) failed", errno);
        }
    }
--- a/include/spdlog/logger.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/logger.h
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ public:

    // return true if the given message should be flushed
    [[nodiscard]] bool should_flush(const details::log_msg &msg) const noexcept {
-        return (msg.log_level >= flush_level_.load(std::memory_order_relaxed)) && (msg.log_level != level::off);
+        return (msg.log_level >= flush_level()) && (msg.log_level != level::off);
    }

    // set the level of logging
@@ -200,7 +200,6 @@ private:
                }
            }
        }
-
        if (should_flush(msg)) {
            flush_();
        }
--- a/include/spdlog/sinks/ansicolor_sink.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/sinks/ansicolor_sink.h
@@ -69,8 +69,10 @@ public:
    static constexpr std::string_view red_bold = "\033[31m\033[1m";
    static constexpr std::string_view bold_on_red = "\033[1m\033[41m";

-private:
+protected:
    FILE *target_file_;
+
+private:
    bool should_do_colors_;
    std::array<std::string, levels_count> colors_;

--- a/include/spdlog/sinks/async_sink.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/sinks/async_sink.h
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ public:
        discard_new      // Discard the log message if the queue is full
    };

-    enum { default_queue_size = 8192, max_queue_size = 10 * 1024 * 1024 };
+    static constexpr size_t default_queue_size = 8192;
+    static constexpr size_t max_queue_size = 250'000;

    struct config {
        size_t queue_size = default_queue_size;
@@ -54,13 +55,12 @@ public:
    void set_pattern(const std::string &pattern) override;
    void set_formatter(std::unique_ptr<formatter> sink_formatter) override;
    // enqueue flush request to the worker thread and return immediately(default)
-    // if you need to wait for the actual flush to finish, call wait_for_all() after flush()
+    // if you need to wait for the actual flush to finish, call wait_all() after flush() or destruct the sink
    void flush() override;

-    // async_sink specific methods
+    // non sink interface methods

-    // wait until all logs were processed up to timeout milliseconds.
-    // returns true if all messages were processed, false if timeout was reached
+    // wait until all logs were processed up to timeout millis and return false if timeout was reached
    [[nodiscard]] bool wait_all(std::chrono::milliseconds timeout) const;

    // wait until all logs were processed
--- a/include/spdlog/sinks/base_sink.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/sinks/base_sink.h
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ public:
 protected:
    // sink formatter
    std::unique_ptr<spdlog::formatter> formatter_;
-    Mutex mutex_;
+    mutable Mutex mutex_;

    virtual void sink_it_(const details::log_msg &msg) = 0;
    virtual void flush_() = 0;
--- a/include/spdlog/sinks/basic_file_sink.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/sinks/basic_file_sink.h
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ class basic_file_sink final : public base_sink<Mutex> {
 public:
    explicit basic_file_sink(const filename_t &filename, bool truncate = false, const file_event_handlers &event_handlers = {});
    const filename_t &filename() const;
+    void truncate();

 protected:
    void sink_it_(const details::log_msg &msg) override;
--- a/include/spdlog/sinks/daily_file_sink.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/sinks/daily_file_sink.h
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ struct daily_filename_format_calculator {
 * Rotating file sink based on date.
 * If truncate != false , the created file will be truncated.
 * If max_files > 0, retain only the last max_files and delete previous.
- * If max_files > 0, retain only the last max_files and delete previous.
 * Note that old log files from previous executions will not be deleted by this class,
 * rotation and deletion is only applied while the program is running.
 */
@@ -81,8 +80,8 @@ public:
        }

        auto now = log_clock::now();
-        auto filename = FileNameCalc::calc_filename(base_filename_, now_tm(now));
-        file_helper_.open(filename, truncate_);
+        const auto new_filename = FileNameCalc::calc_filename(base_filename_, now_tm(now));
+        file_helper_.open(new_filename, truncate_);
        rotation_tp_ = next_rotation_tp_();

        if (max_files_ > 0) {
@@ -100,8 +99,8 @@ protected:
        auto time = msg.time;
        bool should_rotate = time >= rotation_tp_;
        if (should_rotate) {
-            auto filename = FileNameCalc::calc_filename(base_filename_, now_tm(time));
-            file_helper_.open(filename, truncate_);
+            const auto new_filename = FileNameCalc::calc_filename(base_filename_, now_tm(time));
+            file_helper_.open(new_filename, truncate_);
            rotation_tp_ = next_rotation_tp_();
        }
        memory_buf_t formatted;
@@ -124,11 +123,11 @@ private:
        std::vector<filename_t> filenames;
        auto now = log_clock::now();
        while (filenames.size() < max_files_) {
-            auto filename = FileNameCalc::calc_filename(base_filename_, now_tm(now));
-            if (!path_exists(filename)) {
+            const auto new_filename = FileNameCalc::calc_filename(base_filename_, now_tm(now));
+            if (!path_exists(new_filename)) {
                break;
            }
-            filenames.emplace_back(filename);
+            filenames.emplace_back(new_filename);
            now -= std::chrono::hours(24);
        }
        for (auto iter = filenames.rbegin(); iter != filenames.rend(); ++iter) {
--- a/include/spdlog/sinks/dup_filter_sink.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/sinks/dup_filter_sink.h
@@ -5,8 +5,10 @@

 #include <chrono>
 #include <cstdio>
+#include <memory>
 #include <mutex>
 #include <string>
+#include <vector>

 #include "../details/log_msg.h"
 #include "../details/null_mutex.h"
@@ -20,8 +22,8 @@
 //     #include "spdlog/sinks/dup_filter_sink.h"
 //
 //     int main() {
-//         auto dup_filter = std::make_shared<dup_filter_sink_st>(std::chrono::seconds(5),
-//         level::info); dup_filter->add_sink(std::make_shared<stdout_color_sink_mt>());
+//         auto dup_filter = std::make_shared<dup_filter_sink_st>(std::chrono::seconds(5));
+//         dup_filter->add_sink(std::make_shared<stdout_color_sink_mt>());
 //         spdlog::logger l("logger", dup_filter);
 //         l.info("Hello");
 //         l.info("Hello");
@@ -40,21 +42,39 @@ template <typename Mutex>
 class dup_filter_sink final : public dist_sink<Mutex> {
 public:
    template <class Rep, class Period>
-    explicit dup_filter_sink(std::chrono::duration<Rep, Period> max_skip_duration, level notification_level = level::info)
+    explicit dup_filter_sink(std::chrono::duration<Rep, Period> max_skip_duration)
+        : max_skip_duration_{max_skip_duration} {}
+
+    // Optional: force the "Skipped N duplicate..." line to a fixed level.
+    template <class Rep, class Period>
+    explicit dup_filter_sink(std::chrono::duration<Rep, Period> max_skip_duration,
+                             level notification_level)
        : max_skip_duration_{max_skip_duration},
-          log_level_{notification_level} {}
+          use_fixed_notification_summary_level_{true},
+          fixed_notification_summary_level_{notification_level} {}
+
+    template <class Rep, class Period>
+    explicit dup_filter_sink(std::chrono::duration<Rep, Period> max_skip_duration,
+                             std::vector<std::shared_ptr<sink>> sinks)
+        : dist_sink<Mutex>(std::move(sinks)),
+          max_skip_duration_{max_skip_duration} {}

 protected:
    std::chrono::microseconds max_skip_duration_;
    log_clock::time_point last_msg_time_;
    std::string last_msg_payload_;
    size_t skip_counter_ = 0;
-    level log_level_;
+    level skipped_msg_log_level_{level::off};
+    bool use_fixed_notification_summary_level_{false};
+    level fixed_notification_summary_level_{level::info};

    void sink_it_(const details::log_msg &msg) override {
        bool filtered = filter_(msg);
        if (!filtered) {
            skip_counter_ += 1;
+            if (!use_fixed_notification_summary_level_) {
+                skipped_msg_log_level_ = msg.log_level;
+            }
            return;
        }

@@ -63,7 +83,10 @@ protected:
            char buf[64];
            auto msg_size = ::snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "Skipped %u duplicate messages..", static_cast<unsigned>(skip_counter_));
            if (msg_size > 0 && static_cast<size_t>(msg_size) < sizeof(buf)) {
-                details::log_msg skipped_msg{msg.source, msg.logger_name, log_level_,
+                const level summary_level = use_fixed_notification_summary_level_
+                                              ? fixed_notification_summary_level_
+                                              : skipped_msg_log_level_;
+                details::log_msg skipped_msg{msg.source, msg.logger_name, summary_level,
                                             string_view_t{buf, static_cast<size_t>(msg_size)}};
                dist_sink<Mutex>::sink_it_(skipped_msg);
            }
@@ -77,8 +100,8 @@ protected:
    }

    // return whether the log msg should be displayed (true) or skipped (false)
-    bool filter_(const details::log_msg &msg) {
-        auto filter_duration = msg.time - last_msg_time_;
+    bool filter_(const details::log_msg &msg) const {
+        const auto filter_duration = msg.time - last_msg_time_;
        return (filter_duration > max_skip_duration_) || (msg.payload != last_msg_payload_);
    }
 };
--- a/include/spdlog/sinks/qt_sinks.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/sinks/qt_sinks.h
@@ -154,8 +154,10 @@ protected:
            payload = QString::fromUtf8(str.data(), static_cast<int>(str.size()));
            // convert color ranges from byte index to character index.
            if (msg.color_range_start < msg.color_range_end) {
-                color_range_start = QString::fromUtf8(str.data(), msg.color_range_start).size();
-                color_range_end = QString::fromUtf8(str.data(), msg.color_range_end).size();
+                color_range_start =
+                    QString::fromUtf8(str.data(), static_cast<qsizetype>(msg.color_range_start)).size();
+                color_range_end =
+                    QString::fromUtf8(str.data(), static_cast<qsizetype>(msg.color_range_end)).size();
            }
        } else {
            payload = QString::fromLatin1(str.data(), static_cast<int>(str.size()));
@@ -165,7 +167,7 @@ protected:
                             qt_text_edit_,              // text edit to append to
                             std::move(payload),         // text to append
                             default_color_,             // default color
-                             colors_.at(msg.log_level),  // color to apply
+                             colors_.at(static_cast<size_t>(msg.log_level)),  // color to apply
                             color_range_start,          // color range start
                             color_range_end};           // color range end

--- a/include/spdlog/sinks/ringbuffer_sink.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/sinks/ringbuffer_sink.h
@@ -24,7 +24,11 @@ template <typename Mutex>
 class ringbuffer_sink final : public base_sink<Mutex> {
 public:
    explicit ringbuffer_sink(size_t n_items)
-        : q_{n_items} {}
+        : q_{n_items} {
+        if (n_items == 0) {
+            throw_spdlog_ex("ringbuffer_sink: n_items cannot be zero");
+        }
+    }

    void drain_raw(std::function<void(const details::async_log_msg &)> callback) {
        std::lock_guard<Mutex> lock(base_sink<Mutex>::mutex_);
--- a/include/spdlog/sinks/tcp_sink.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/sinks/tcp_sink.h
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@
 #include <mutex>
 #include <string>

-#pragma once
-
 // Simple tcp client sink
 // Connects to remote address and send the formatted log.
 // Will attempt to reconnect if connection drops.
@@ -31,6 +29,7 @@ namespace sinks {
 struct tcp_sink_config {
    std::string server_host;
    int server_port;
+    int timeout_ms = 0;  // timeout for connect, send, and recv (milliseconds)
    bool lazy_connect = false;  // if true connect on first log call instead of on construction

    tcp_sink_config(std::string host, int port)
@@ -44,10 +43,22 @@ public:
    // connect to tcp host/port or throw if failed
    // host can be hostname or ip address

+    explicit tcp_sink(const std::string &host,
+                      int port,
+                      int timeout_ms = 0,
+                      bool lazy_connect = false)
+        : config_{host, port} {
+        config_.timeout_ms = timeout_ms;
+        config_.lazy_connect = lazy_connect;
+        if (!config_.lazy_connect) {
+            client_.connect(config_.server_host, config_.server_port, config_.timeout_ms);
+        }
+    }
+
    explicit tcp_sink(tcp_sink_config sink_config)
        : config_{std::move(sink_config)} {
        if (!config_.lazy_connect) {
-            this->client_.connect(config_.server_host, config_.server_port);
+            client_.connect(config_.server_host, config_.server_port, config_.timeout_ms);
        }
    }

@@ -58,7 +69,7 @@ protected:
        spdlog::memory_buf_t formatted;
        spdlog::sinks::base_sink<Mutex>::formatter_->format(msg, formatted);
        if (!client_.is_connected()) {
-            client_.connect(config_.server_host, config_.server_port);
+            client_.connect(config_.server_host, config_.server_port, config_.timeout_ms);
        }
        client_.send(formatted.data(), formatted.size());
    }
--- a/include/spdlog/sinks/udp_sink.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/sinks/udp_sink.h
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ template <typename Mutex>
 class udp_sink final : public base_sink<Mutex> {
 public:
    // host can be hostname or ip address
-    explicit udp_sink(udp_sink_config sink_config)
+    explicit udp_sink(const udp_sink_config &sink_config)
        : client_{sink_config.server_host, sink_config.server_port} {}

    ~udp_sink() override = default;
--- a/include/spdlog/spdlog.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/spdlog.h
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ SPDLOG_API level get_level();
 SPDLOG_API void set_level(level level);

 // Determine whether the global logger should log messages with a certain level
-SPDLOG_API bool should_log(level level);
+SPDLOG_API bool should_log(level log_level);

 // Set flush level of the global logger.
 SPDLOG_API void flush_on(level level);
--- a/src/common.cpp
+++ b/src/common.cpp
@@ -4,19 +4,41 @@
 #include "spdlog/common.h"

 #include <algorithm>
+#include <cctype>
 #include <iterator>

 namespace spdlog {

+namespace {
+bool iequals(const std::string &a, const std::string &b) {
+    return a.size() == b.size() &&
+           std::equal(a.begin(), a.end(), b.begin(), [](char ac, char bc) {
+               return std::tolower(static_cast<unsigned char>(ac)) ==
+                      std::tolower(static_cast<unsigned char>(bc));
+           });
+}
+}  // namespace
+
 spdlog::level level_from_str(const std::string &name) noexcept {
-    const auto it = std::find(std::begin(level_string_views), std::end(level_string_views), name);
-    if (it != std::end(level_string_views)) return static_cast<level>(std::distance(std::begin(level_string_views), it));
+    const auto it =
+        std::find_if(std::begin(level_string_views), std::end(level_string_views),
+                     [&name](const string_view_t &level_name) {
+                         return level_name.size() == name.size() &&
+                                std::equal(name.begin(), name.end(), level_name.begin(),
+                                           [](char a, char b) {
+                                               return std::tolower(static_cast<unsigned char>(a)) ==
+                                                      std::tolower(static_cast<unsigned char>(b));
+                                           });
+                     });
+    if (it != std::end(level_string_views)) {
+        return static_cast<level>(std::distance(std::begin(level_string_views), it));
+    }

    // check also for "warn" and "err" before giving up
-    if (name == "warn") {
+    if (iequals(name, "warn")) {
        return spdlog::level::warn;
    }
-    if (name == "err") {
+    if (iequals(name, "err")) {
        return level::err;
    }
    return level::off;
--- a/src/details/err_helper.cpp
+++ b/src/details/err_helper.cpp
@@ -35,8 +35,10 @@ void err_helper::handle_ex(const std::string &origin, const source_loc &loc, con
        }
        last_report_time_ = now;
        const auto tm_time = os::localtime();
-        char date_buf[32];
-        std::strftime(date_buf, sizeof(date_buf), "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S", &tm_time);
+        char date_buf[64];
+        if (std::strftime(date_buf, sizeof(date_buf), "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S", &tm_time) == 0) {
+            std::snprintf(date_buf, sizeof(date_buf), "unknown time");
+        }
        std::string msg;
        if (loc.empty()) {
            msg = fmt_lib::format("[*** LOG ERROR ***] [{}] [{}] {}\n", date_buf, origin, ex.what());
@@ -46,10 +48,10 @@ void err_helper::handle_ex(const std::string &origin, const source_loc &loc, con
        }
        std::fputs(msg.c_str(), stderr);
    } catch (const std::exception &handler_ex) {
-        std::fprintf(stderr, "[*** LOG ERROR ***] [%s] caught exception during error handler: %s\n", origin.c_str(),
+        std::fprintf(stderr, "[*** LOG ERROR ***] [%s] exception during %s handler: %s\n", origin.c_str(), custom_err_handler_ ? "custom" : "default",
                     handler_ex.what());
    } catch (...) {  // catch all exceptions
-        std::fprintf(stderr, "[*** LOG ERROR ***] [%s] caught unknown exception during error handler\n", origin.c_str());
+        std::fprintf(stderr, "[*** LOG ERROR ***] [%s] unknown exception during %s handler\n", origin.c_str(), custom_err_handler_ ? "custom" : "default");
    }
 }

--- a/src/details/os_unix.cpp
+++ b/src/details/os_unix.cpp
@@ -127,10 +127,16 @@ size_t filesize(FILE *f) {
    return 0;  // will not be reached.
 }

-// Return utc offset in minutes or throw spdlog_ex on failure
+// Return utc offset in minutes (0 on failure to compute offset)
 int utc_minutes_offset(const std::tm &tm) {
-#if defined(sun) || defined(__sun) || defined(_AIX) || (defined(__NEWLIB__) && !defined(__TM_GMTOFF)) || \
-    (!defined(_BSD_SOURCE) && !defined(_GNU_SOURCE))
+#if defined(SPDLOG_NO_TZ_OFFSET)
+    (void)tm;
+    return 0;
+#else
+    #if defined(sun) || defined(__sun) || defined(_AIX) || \
+       (defined(__NEWLIB__) && !defined(__TM_GMTOFF)) ||  \
+       (!defined(__APPLE__) && !defined(_BSD_SOURCE) && !defined(_GNU_SOURCE) && \
+       (!defined(_POSIX_VERSION) || (_POSIX_VERSION < 202405L)))
    // 'tm_gmtoff' field is BSD extension and it's missing on SunOS/Solaris
    struct helper {
        static long int calculate_gmt_offset(const std::tm &localtm = details::os::localtime(),
@@ -163,6 +169,7 @@ int utc_minutes_offset(const std::tm &tm) {
    auto offset_seconds = tm.tm_gmtoff;
 #endif
    return static_cast<int>(offset_seconds / 60);
+#endif  // SPDLOG_NO_TZ_OFFSET
 }

 // Return current thread id as size_t
@@ -267,8 +274,8 @@ bool is_color_terminal() noexcept {
 bool in_terminal(FILE *file) noexcept { return ::isatty(fileno(file)) != 0; }

 std::string getenv(const char *field) {
-    char *buf = ::getenv(field);
-    return buf != nullptr ? buf : std::string{};
+    char *buf = std::getenv(field);
+    return buf != nullptr ? std::string(buf) : std::string{};
 }

 // Do fsync by FILE pointer
--- a/src/details/os_windows.cpp
+++ b/src/details/os_windows.cpp
@@ -6,10 +6,9 @@
 #endif

 // clang-format off
-#include "spdlog/details/windows_include.h" // must be included before fileapi.h etc.
+#include "spdlog/details/windows_include.h" // must be first; provides FlushFileBuffers via Windows headers
 // clang-format on

-#include <fileapi.h>  // for FlushFileBuffers
 #include <io.h>       // for _get_osfhandle, _isatty, _fileno
 #include <process.h>  // for _get_pid
 #include <sys/stat.h>
@@ -107,24 +106,27 @@ size_t filesize(FILE *f) {
    #pragma warning(pop)
 #endif

-// Return utc offset in minutes or throw spdlog_ex on failure
+// Compare the timestamp as local (mktime) vs UTC (_mkgmtime) to get the offset.
+// Matches v1.x behavior: better historical DST handling than GetTimeZoneInformation alone.
 int utc_minutes_offset(const std::tm &tm) {
-#if _WIN32_WINNT < _WIN32_WINNT_WS08
-    TIME_ZONE_INFORMATION tzinfo;
-    auto rv = ::GetTimeZoneInformation(&tzinfo);
+#if defined(SPDLOG_NO_TZ_OFFSET)
+    (void)tm;
+    return 0;
 #else
-    DYNAMIC_TIME_ZONE_INFORMATION tzinfo;
-    auto rv = ::GetDynamicTimeZoneInformation(&tzinfo);
-#endif
-    if (rv == TIME_ZONE_ID_INVALID) throw_spdlog_ex("Failed getting timezone info. ", errno);
-
-    int offset = -tzinfo.Bias;
-    if (tm.tm_isdst) {
-        offset -= tzinfo.DaylightBias;
-    } else {
-        offset -= tzinfo.StandardBias;
+    std::tm local_tm = tm;  // copy since mktime might adjust it (normalize dates, set tm_isdst)
+    std::time_t local_time_t = std::mktime(&local_tm);
+    if (local_time_t == static_cast<std::time_t>(-1)) {
+        return 0;  // fallback
    }
-    return offset;
+
+    std::time_t utc_time_t = _mkgmtime(&local_tm);
+    if (utc_time_t == static_cast<std::time_t>(-1)) {
+        return 0;  // fallback
+    }
+
+    const auto offset_seconds = utc_time_t - local_time_t;
+    return static_cast<int>(offset_seconds / 60);
+#endif
 }

 // Return current thread id as size_t
@@ -212,7 +214,7 @@ void utf8_to_wstrbuf(string_view_t str, wmemory_buf_t &target) {
        target.resize(result_size);
        result_size = ::MultiByteToWideChar(CP_UTF8, 0, str.data(), str_size, target.data(), result_size);
        if (result_size > 0) {
-            assert(result_size == target.size());
+            assert(result_size == static_cast<int>(target.size()));
            return;
        }
    }
@@ -220,21 +222,22 @@ void utf8_to_wstrbuf(string_view_t str, wmemory_buf_t &target) {
    throw_spdlog_ex(fmt_lib::format("MultiByteToWideChar failed. Last error: {}", ::GetLastError()));
 }

+#ifdef _MSC_VER
+    #pragma warning(push)
+    #pragma warning(disable : 4996)
+#endif
 std::string getenv(const char *field) {
-#if defined(_MSC_VER)
-    #if defined(__cplusplus_winrt)
-    return std::string{};  // not supported under uwp
-    #else
-    size_t len = 0;
-    char buf[128];
-    bool ok = ::getenv_s(&len, buf, sizeof(buf), field) == 0;
-    return ok ? buf : std::string{};
-    #endif
-#else  // revert to getenv
-    char *buf = ::getenv(field);
-    return buf != nullptr ? buf : std::string{};
+#if defined(_MSC_VER) && defined(WINAPI_FAMILY) && defined(WINAPI_FAMILY_DESKTOP_APP) && \
+    (WINAPI_FAMILY != WINAPI_FAMILY_DESKTOP_APP)
+    return std::string{};  // not supported on UWP / non-desktop WinRT targets (#3489)
+#else
+    char *buf = std::getenv(field);
+    return buf != nullptr ? std::string(buf) : std::string{};
 #endif
 }
+#ifdef _MSC_VER
+    #pragma warning(pop)
+#endif

 // Do fsync by FILE handlerpointer
 // Return true on success
--- a/src/pattern_formatter.cpp
+++ b/src/pattern_formatter.cpp
@@ -60,6 +60,9 @@ public:
            pad_it(remaining_pad_);
        } else if (padinfo_.truncate_) {
            long new_size = static_cast<long>(dest_.size()) + remaining_pad_;
+            if (new_size < 0) {
+                new_size = 0;
+            }
            dest_.resize(static_cast<size_t>(new_size));
        }
    }
@@ -247,7 +250,7 @@ public:
        : flag_formatter(padinfo) {}

    void format(const details::log_msg &, const std::tm &tm_time, memory_buf_t &dest) override {
-        constexpr size_t field_size = 10;
+        constexpr size_t field_size = 8;
        ScopedPadder p(field_size, padinfo_, dest);

        fmt_helper::pad2(tm_time.tm_mon + 1, dest);
@@ -493,10 +496,10 @@ public:
 template <typename ScopedPadder>
 class z_formatter final : public flag_formatter {
 public:
-    explicit z_formatter(padding_info padinfo)
-        : flag_formatter(padinfo) {}
+    explicit z_formatter(padding_info padinfo, pattern_time_type time_type)
+        : flag_formatter(padinfo),
+          time_type_(time_type) {}

-    z_formatter() = default;
    ~z_formatter() override = default;
    z_formatter(const z_formatter &) = delete;
    z_formatter &operator=(const z_formatter &) = delete;
@@ -506,6 +509,17 @@ public:
    void format(const details::log_msg &msg, const std::tm &tm_time, memory_buf_t &dest) override {
        constexpr size_t field_size = 6;
        ScopedPadder p(field_size, padinfo_, dest);
+
+#ifdef SPDLOG_NO_TZ_OFFSET
+        const char *const placeholder = "+??:??";
+        dest.append(placeholder, placeholder + 6);
+#else
+        if (time_type_ == pattern_time_type::utc) {
+            const char *zeroes = "+00:00";
+            dest.append(zeroes, zeroes + 6);
+            return;
+        }
+
        auto total_minutes = get_cached_offset(msg, tm_time);
        if (total_minutes < 0) {
            total_minutes = -total_minutes;
@@ -516,9 +530,11 @@ public:
        fmt_helper::pad2(total_minutes / 60, dest);  // hours
        dest.push_back(':');
        fmt_helper::pad2(total_minutes % 60, dest);  // minutes
+#endif
    }

 private:
+    pattern_time_type time_type_;
    log_clock::time_point last_update_{std::chrono::seconds(0)};
    int offset_minutes_{0};

@@ -1048,7 +1064,8 @@ void pattern_formatter::handle_flag_(char flag, details::padding_info padding) {
            break;

        case ('z'):  // timezone
-            formatters_.push_back(std::make_unique<details::z_formatter<Padder>>(padding));
+            formatters_.push_back(
+                std::make_unique<details::z_formatter<Padder>>(padding, pattern_time_type_));
            need_localtime_ = true;
            break;

--- a/src/sinks/ansicolor_sink.cpp
+++ b/src/sinks/ansicolor_sink.cpp
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ void ansicolor_sink<Mutex>::set_color_mode(color_mode mode) {

 template <typename Mutex>
 void ansicolor_sink<Mutex>::set_color_mode_(color_mode mode) {
-    std::lock_guard<Mutex> lock(base_sink<Mutex>::mutex_);
    switch (mode) {
        case color_mode::always:
            should_do_colors_ = true;
@@ -117,6 +116,8 @@ ansicolor_stderr_sink<Mutex>::ansicolor_stderr_sink(color_mode mode)

 // template instantiations
 #include "spdlog/details/null_mutex.h"
+template class SPDLOG_API spdlog::sinks::ansicolor_sink<std::mutex>;
+template class SPDLOG_API spdlog::sinks::ansicolor_sink<spdlog::details::null_mutex>;
 template class SPDLOG_API spdlog::sinks::ansicolor_stdout_sink<std::mutex>;
 template class SPDLOG_API spdlog::sinks::ansicolor_stdout_sink<spdlog::details::null_mutex>;
 template class SPDLOG_API spdlog::sinks::ansicolor_stderr_sink<std::mutex>;
--- a/src/sinks/basic_file_sink.cpp
+++ b/src/sinks/basic_file_sink.cpp
@@ -21,6 +21,12 @@ const filename_t &basic_file_sink<Mutex>::filename() const {
    return file_helper_.filename();
 }

+template <typename Mutex>
+void basic_file_sink<Mutex>::truncate() {
+    std::lock_guard<Mutex> lock(base_sink<Mutex>::mutex_);
+    file_helper_.reopen(true);
+}
+
 template <typename Mutex>
 void basic_file_sink<Mutex>::sink_it_(const details::log_msg &msg) {
    memory_buf_t formatted;
--- a/src/sinks/rotating_file_sink.cpp
+++ b/src/sinks/rotating_file_sink.cpp
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ filename_t rotating_file_sink<Mutex>::filename() {

 template <typename Mutex>
 void rotating_file_sink<Mutex>::rotate_now() {
+    std::lock_guard<Mutex> lock(base_sink<Mutex>::mutex_);
    rotate_();
 }

@@ -142,4 +143,4 @@ bool rotating_file_sink<Mutex>::rename_file_(const filename_t &src_filename, con
 // template instantiations
 #include "spdlog/details/null_mutex.h"
 template class SPDLOG_API spdlog::sinks::rotating_file_sink<std::mutex>;
-template class SPDLOG_API spdlog::sinks::rotating_file_sink<spdlog::details::null_mutex>;
+template class SPDLOG_API spdlog::sinks::rotating_file_sink<spdlog::details::null_mutex>;
--- a/src/sinks/wincolor_sink.cpp
+++ b/src/sinks/wincolor_sink.cpp
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include "spdlog/sinks/wincolor_sink.h"

 #include "spdlog/common.h"
+#include "spdlog/details/os.h"

 namespace spdlog {
 namespace sinks {
@@ -108,8 +109,15 @@ std::uint16_t wincolor_sink<Mutex>::set_foreground_color_(std::uint16_t attribs)
 template <typename Mutex>
 void wincolor_sink<Mutex>::print_range_(const memory_buf_t &formatted, size_t start, size_t end) {
    if (end > start) {
+#if defined(SPDLOG_UTF8_TO_WCHAR_CONSOLE)
+        wmemory_buf_t wformatted;
+        details::os::utf8_to_wstrbuf(string_view_t(formatted.data() + start, end - start), wformatted);
+        auto size = static_cast<DWORD>(wformatted.size());
+        auto ignored = ::WriteConsoleW(static_cast<HANDLE>(out_handle_), wformatted.data(), size, nullptr, nullptr);
+#else
        auto size = static_cast<DWORD>(end - start);
        auto ignored = ::WriteConsoleA(static_cast<HANDLE>(out_handle_), formatted.data() + start, size, nullptr, nullptr);
+#endif
        (void)(ignored);
    }
 }
--- a/src/spdlog.cpp
+++ b/src/spdlog.cpp
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ void set_pattern(std::string pattern, pattern_time_type time_type) {

 level get_level() { return global_logger()->log_level(); }

-bool should_log(level level) { return global_logger()->should_log(level); }
+bool should_log(level log_level) { return global_logger()->should_log(log_level); }

 void set_level(level level) { global_logger()->set_level(level); }

--- a/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ set(SPDLOG_UTESTS_SOURCES
    test_log_level.cpp
    test_include_sinks.cpp
    test_bin_to_hex.cpp
+    test_timezone.cpp
    test_errors.cpp)

 if(WIN32)
--- a/tests/includes.h
+++ b/tests/includes.h
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@

 #define SPDLOG_ACTIVE_LEVEL SPDLOG_LEVEL_DEBUG

+#undef SPDLOG_LEVEL_NAMES
+#undef SPDLOG_SHORT_LEVEL_NAMES
+
 #include "spdlog/details/fmt_helper.h"
 #include "spdlog/pattern_formatter.h"
 #include "spdlog/sinks/null_sink.h"
--- a/tests/test_custom_callbacks.cpp
+++ b/tests/test_custom_callbacks.cpp
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 * https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gabime/spdlog/v2.x/LICENSE
 */
 #include "includes.h"
+
+#include <iterator>
+
 #include "spdlog/common.h"
 #include "spdlog/sinks/callback_sink.h"
 #include "test_sink.h"
@@ -14,7 +17,8 @@ TEST_CASE("custom_callback_logger", "[custom_callback_logger]") {
        spdlog::memory_buf_t formatted;
        formatter.format(msg, formatted);
        auto eol_len = strlen(spdlog::details::os::default_eol);
-        lines.emplace_back(formatted.begin(), formatted.end() - eol_len);
+        using diff_t = typename std::iterator_traits<decltype(formatted.end())>::difference_type;
+        lines.emplace_back(formatted.begin(), formatted.end() - static_cast<diff_t>(eol_len));
    });
    std::shared_ptr<spdlog::sinks::test_sink_st> test_sink(new spdlog::sinks::test_sink_st);

--- a/tests/test_dup_filter.cpp
+++ b/tests/test_dup_filter.cpp
@@ -80,3 +80,41 @@ TEST_CASE("dup_filter_test5", "[dup_filter_sink]") {
    REQUIRE(test_sink->msg_counter() == 3);  // skip 2 messages but log the "skipped.." message before message2
    REQUIRE(test_sink->lines()[1] == "Skipped 2 duplicate messages..");
 }
+
+TEST_CASE("dup_filter_skipped_notification_uses_last_duplicate_level", "[dup_filter_sink]") {
+    using spdlog::sinks::dup_filter_sink_st;
+    using spdlog::sinks::test_sink_mt;
+
+    dup_filter_sink_st dup_sink{std::chrono::seconds{5}};
+    auto test_sink = std::make_shared<test_sink_mt>();
+    test_sink->set_pattern("%L");
+    dup_sink.add_sink(test_sink);
+
+    dup_sink.log(spdlog::details::log_msg{"test", spdlog::level::warn, "same"});
+    dup_sink.log(spdlog::details::log_msg{"test", spdlog::level::warn, "same"});
+    dup_sink.log(spdlog::details::log_msg{"test", spdlog::level::info, "diff"});
+
+    REQUIRE(test_sink->lines().size() == 3);
+    REQUIRE(test_sink->lines()[0] == "W");
+    REQUIRE(test_sink->lines()[1] == "W");
+    REQUIRE(test_sink->lines()[2] == "I");
+}
+
+TEST_CASE("dup_filter_skipped_notification_fixed_level", "[dup_filter_sink]") {
+    using spdlog::sinks::dup_filter_sink_st;
+    using spdlog::sinks::test_sink_mt;
+
+    dup_filter_sink_st dup_sink{std::chrono::seconds{5}, spdlog::level::info};
+    auto test_sink = std::make_shared<test_sink_mt>();
+    test_sink->set_pattern("%L");
+    dup_sink.add_sink(test_sink);
+
+    dup_sink.log(spdlog::details::log_msg{"test", spdlog::level::warn, "same"});
+    dup_sink.log(spdlog::details::log_msg{"test", spdlog::level::warn, "same"});
+    dup_sink.log(spdlog::details::log_msg{"test", spdlog::level::info, "diff"});
+
+    REQUIRE(test_sink->lines().size() == 3);
+    REQUIRE(test_sink->lines()[0] == "W");
+    REQUIRE(test_sink->lines()[1] == "I");
+    REQUIRE(test_sink->lines()[2] == "I");
+}
--- a/tests/test_errors.cpp
+++ b/tests/test_errors.cpp
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ struct custom_ex {};
 using namespace spdlog::sinks;
 TEST_CASE("default_error_handler", "[errors]") {
    prepare_logdir();
-    auto logger = spdlog::create<basic_file_sink_mt>("test-error", log_filename);
+    auto logger = spdlog::create<basic_file_sink_mt>("test-bad-format", log_filename);
    logger->set_pattern("%v");
    logger->info(SPDLOG_FMT_RUNTIME("Test message {} {}"), 1);
    logger->info("Test message {}", 2);
@@ -42,8 +42,36 @@ TEST_CASE("custom_error_handler", "[errors]") {
    require_message_count(log_filename, 2);
 }

-TEST_CASE("default_error_handler2", "[errors]") {
-    auto logger = std::make_shared<spdlog::logger>("test-failing-sink", std::make_shared<failing_sink>());
+TEST_CASE("throwing_sink", "[errors]") {
+    auto logger = std::make_shared<spdlog::logger>("test-throwing-sink", std::make_shared<failing_sink>());
+    REQUIRE_NOTHROW(logger->info("Some message"));
+}
+
+TEST_CASE("throwing_flush", "[errors]") {
+    auto logger = spdlog::create<failing_sink>("test-throwing-sink");
+    REQUIRE_NOTHROW(logger->flush());
+}
+
+TEST_CASE("throwing_error_handler", "[errors]") {
+    auto logger = std::make_shared<spdlog::logger>("test-throwing-error-handler", std::make_shared<failing_sink>());
+    logger->set_error_handler([=](const std::string &msg) {
+        REQUIRE(msg == log_err_msg);
+        throw std::runtime_error("test throw");
+    });
+    REQUIRE_NOTHROW(logger->info("Some message"));
+}
+
+TEST_CASE("throwing_flush_error_handler", "[errors]") {
+    auto logger = spdlog::create<failing_sink>("test-throwing-error-handler");
+    logger->set_error_handler([=](const std::string &msg) {
+        REQUIRE(msg == flush_err_msg);
+        throw std::runtime_error("test throw");
+    });
+    REQUIRE_NOTHROW(logger->flush());
+}
+
+TEST_CASE("unknown_ex_from_err_handler", "[errors]") {
+    auto logger = std::make_shared<spdlog::logger>("test-throwing-error-handler", std::make_shared<failing_sink>());
    logger->set_error_handler([=](const std::string &msg) {
        REQUIRE(msg == log_err_msg);
        throw custom_ex();
@@ -51,8 +79,8 @@ TEST_CASE("default_error_handler2", "[errors]") {
    REQUIRE_NOTHROW(logger->info("Some message"));
 }

-TEST_CASE("flush_error_handler", "[errors]") {
-    auto logger = spdlog::create<failing_sink>("test-failing-sink");
+TEST_CASE("unknown_ex_from_flush_err_handler", "[errors]") {
+    auto logger = spdlog::create<failing_sink>("test-throwing-error-handler");
    logger->set_error_handler([=](const std::string &msg) {
        REQUIRE(msg == flush_err_msg);
        throw custom_ex();
--- a/tests/test_file_logging.cpp
+++ b/tests/test_file_logging.cpp
@@ -41,6 +41,26 @@ TEST_CASE("flush_on", "[flush_on]") {
                                                                 default_eol, default_eol, default_eol));
 }

+TEST_CASE("basic_file_sink_truncate", "[truncate]") {
+    prepare_logdir();
+    const spdlog::filename_t filename = SPDLOG_FILENAME_T(SIMPLE_LOG);
+    const bool truncate = true;
+    const auto sink = std::make_shared<basic_file_sink_mt>(filename, truncate);
+    const auto logger = std::make_shared<spdlog::logger>("simple_file_logger", sink);
+
+    logger->info("Test message {}", 3.14);
+    logger->info("Test message {}", 2.71);
+    logger->flush();
+    REQUIRE(count_lines(SIMPLE_LOG) == 2);
+
+    sink->truncate();
+    REQUIRE(count_lines(SIMPLE_LOG) == 0);
+
+    logger->info("Test message {}", 6.28);
+    logger->flush();
+    REQUIRE(count_lines(SIMPLE_LOG) == 1);
+}
+
 TEST_CASE("rotating_file_logger1", "[rotating_logger]") {
    prepare_logdir();
    size_t max_size = 1024 * 10;
--- a/tests/test_misc.cpp
+++ b/tests/test_misc.cpp
@@ -72,6 +72,17 @@ TEST_CASE("to_level_enum", "[convert_to_level_enum]") {
    REQUIRE(spdlog::level_from_str("critical") == spdlog::level::critical);
    REQUIRE(spdlog::level_from_str("off") == spdlog::level::off);
    REQUIRE(spdlog::level_from_str("null") == spdlog::level::off);
+    REQUIRE(spdlog::level_from_str("TRACE") == spdlog::level::trace);
+    REQUIRE(spdlog::level_from_str("DEBUG") == spdlog::level::debug);
+    REQUIRE(spdlog::level_from_str("INFO") == spdlog::level::info);
+    REQUIRE(spdlog::level_from_str("WARNING") == spdlog::level::warn);
+    REQUIRE(spdlog::level_from_str("WARN") == spdlog::level::warn);
+    REQUIRE(spdlog::level_from_str("ERROR") == spdlog::level::err);
+    REQUIRE(spdlog::level_from_str("ERR") == spdlog::level::err);
+    REQUIRE(spdlog::level_from_str("CRITICAL") == spdlog::level::critical);
+    REQUIRE(spdlog::level_from_str("OFF") == spdlog::level::off);
+    REQUIRE(spdlog::level_from_str("TrAcE") == spdlog::level::trace);
+    REQUIRE(spdlog::level_from_str("DeBuG") == spdlog::level::debug);
 }

 TEST_CASE("copy_ctor", "[copy_ctor]") {
--- a/tests/test_pattern_formatter.cpp
+++ b/tests/test_pattern_formatter.cpp
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 #include "spdlog/sinks/ostream_sink.h"
 #include "test_sink.h"

+#include <chrono>
+#include <regex>
+
 using spdlog::memory_buf_t;

 // log to str and return it
@@ -18,6 +21,21 @@ static std::string log_to_str(const std::string &msg, const Args &...args) {
    return oss.str();
 }

+// log to str and return it with time
+template <typename... Args>
+static std::string log_to_str_with_time(spdlog::log_clock::time_point log_time, const std::string &msg, const Args &...args) {
+    std::ostringstream oss;
+    auto oss_sink = std::make_shared<spdlog::sinks::ostream_sink_mt>(oss);
+    spdlog::logger oss_logger("pattern_tester", oss_sink);
+    oss_logger.set_level(spdlog::level::info);
+
+    oss_logger.set_formatter(
+        std::unique_ptr<spdlog::formatter>(new spdlog::pattern_formatter(args...)));
+
+    oss_logger.log(log_time, {}, spdlog::level::info, msg);
+    return oss.str();
+}
+
 TEST_CASE("custom eol", "[pattern_formatter]") {
    std::string msg = "Hello custom eol test";
    std::string eol = ";)";
@@ -52,6 +70,36 @@ TEST_CASE("date MM/DD/YY ", "[pattern_formatter]") {
    REQUIRE(log_to_str("Some message", "%D %v", spdlog::pattern_time_type::local, "\n") == oss.str());
 }

+TEST_CASE("%z with UTC pattern time", "[pattern_formatter]") {
+    using namespace std::chrono_literals;
+    const auto now = std::chrono::system_clock::now();
+    const auto yesterday = now - 24h;
+
+#ifndef SPDLOG_NO_TZ_OFFSET
+    REQUIRE(log_to_str_with_time(yesterday, "Some message", "%z", spdlog::pattern_time_type::utc, "\n") ==
+            "+00:00\n");
+#else
+    REQUIRE(log_to_str_with_time(yesterday, "Some message", "%z", spdlog::pattern_time_type::utc, "\n") ==
+            "+??:??\n");
+#endif
+}
+
+// see test_timezone.cpp for actual UTC offset calculation tests
+TEST_CASE("UTC offset", "[pattern_formatter]") {
+    using namespace std::chrono_literals;
+    const auto now = std::chrono::system_clock::now();
+    std::string result =
+        log_to_str_with_time(now, "Some message", "%z", spdlog::pattern_time_type::local, "\n");
+
+#ifndef SPDLOG_NO_TZ_OFFSET
+    // Match format: +HH:MM or -HH:MM
+    std::regex re(R"([+-]\d{2}:[0-5]\d\n)");
+    REQUIRE(std::regex_match(result, re));
+#else
+    REQUIRE(result == "+??:??\n");
+#endif
+}
+
 TEST_CASE("color range test1", "[pattern_formatter]") {
    auto formatter = std::make_shared<spdlog::pattern_formatter>("%^%v%$", spdlog::pattern_time_type::local, "\n");

--- a/tests/test_ringbuffer_sink.cpp
+++ b/tests/test_ringbuffer_sink.cpp
@@ -57,15 +57,5 @@ TEST_CASE("test_empty", "[ringbuffer_sink]") {
 }

 TEST_CASE("test_empty_size", "[ringbuffer_sink]") {
-    const size_t sink_size = 0;
-    auto sink = std::make_shared<spdlog::sinks::ringbuffer_sink_mt>(sink_size);
-    spdlog::logger l("logger", sink);
-
-    for (size_t i = 0; i < sink_size + 1; ++i) {
-        l.info("{}", i);
-    }
-
-    sink->drain([&](std::string_view) {
-        REQUIRE_FALSE(true);  // should not be called since the sink size is 0
-    });
+    REQUIRE_THROWS_AS((void)spdlog::sinks::ringbuffer_sink_mt(0), spdlog::spdlog_ex);
 }
--- a/tests/test_sink.h
+++ b/tests/test_sink.h
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@

 #include <chrono>
 #include <exception>
+#include <iterator>
 #include <mutex>
 #include <thread>

@@ -57,7 +58,8 @@ protected:
        // save the line without the eol
        auto eol_len = strlen(details::os::default_eol);
        if (lines_.size() < lines_to_save) {
-            lines_.emplace_back(formatted.begin(), formatted.end() - eol_len);
+            using diff_t = typename std::iterator_traits<decltype(formatted.end())>::difference_type;
+            lines_.emplace_back(formatted.begin(), formatted.end() - static_cast<diff_t>(eol_len));
        }
        msg_counter_++;
        std::this_thread::sleep_for(delay_);
--- a/tests/test_stopwatch.cpp
+++ b/tests/test_stopwatch.cpp
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 TEST_CASE("stopwatch1", "[stopwatch]") {
    using std::chrono::milliseconds;
    using clock = std::chrono::steady_clock;
-    milliseconds wait_ms(200);
+    milliseconds wait_ms(500);
    milliseconds tolerance_ms(250);
    auto start = clock::now();
    spdlog::stopwatch sw;
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ TEST_CASE("stopwatch2", "[stopwatch]") {
    using std::chrono::milliseconds;
    using clock = std::chrono::steady_clock;

-    clock::duration wait_duration(milliseconds(200));
+    clock::duration wait_duration(milliseconds(500));
    clock::duration tolerance_duration(milliseconds(250));

    auto test_sink = std::make_shared<test_sink_st>();
--- a/tests/test_timezone.cpp
+++ b/tests/test_timezone.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,194 @@
+#ifndef SPDLOG_NO_TZ_OFFSET
+
+#include "includes.h"
+#include <ctime>
+#include <cstdlib>
+#include <cstring>
+
+// Helper to construct a simple std::tm from components
+std::tm make_tm(int year, int month, int day, int hour, int minute) {
+    std::tm t;
+    std::memset(&t, 0, sizeof(t));
+    t.tm_year = year - 1900;
+    t.tm_mon = month - 1;
+    t.tm_mday = day;
+    t.tm_hour = hour;
+    t.tm_min = minute;
+    t.tm_sec = 0;
+    t.tm_isdst = -1;
+    std::mktime(&t);
+    return t;
+}
+
+// Cross-platform RAII Helper to safely set/restore process timezone
+class ScopedTZ {
+    std::string original_tz_;
+    bool has_original_ = false;
+
+public:
+    explicit ScopedTZ(const std::string &tz_name) {
+        // save current TZ
+#ifdef _WIN32
+        char *buf = nullptr;
+        size_t len = 0;
+        if (_dupenv_s(&buf, &len, "TZ") == 0 && buf != nullptr) {
+            original_tz_ = std::string(buf);
+            has_original_ = true;
+            free(buf);
+        }
+#else
+        const char *tz = std::getenv("TZ");
+        if (tz) {
+            original_tz_ = tz;
+            has_original_ = true;
+        }
+#endif
+
+        // set new TZ
+#ifdef _WIN32
+        _putenv_s("TZ", tz_name.c_str());
+        _tzset();
+#else
+        setenv("TZ", tz_name.c_str(), 1);
+        tzset();
+#endif
+    }
+
+    ~ScopedTZ() {
+        // restore original TZ
+#ifdef _WIN32
+        if (has_original_) {
+            _putenv_s("TZ", original_tz_.c_str());
+        } else {
+            _putenv_s("TZ", "");
+        }
+        _tzset();
+#else
+        if (has_original_) {
+            setenv("TZ", original_tz_.c_str(), 1);
+        } else {
+            unsetenv("TZ");
+        }
+        tzset();
+#endif
+    }
+};
+
+using spdlog::details::os::utc_minutes_offset;
+
+/*
+ * POSIX 2024 defines three formats for the TZ environment variable,
+ *
+ * 1. Implementation defined format which always starts with a colon:
+ *    ":characters".
+ * 2. A specifier which fully describes the timezone rule in format
+ *    "stdoffset[dst[offset][,start[/time],end[/time]]]". Note the
+ *    offset and start/end part could be omitted, in which case one hour
+ *    is implied, or it's considered implementation-defined when changing
+ *    to and from Daylight Saving Time occurs.
+ * 3. Geographical or special timezone from an implementation-defined
+ *    timezone database.
+ *
+ * On POSIX-compilant systems, we prefer format 2, and explicitly specify the
+ * DST rules to avoid implementation-defined behavior.
+ *
+ * See also IEEE 1003.1-2024 8.3 Other Environment Variables.
+ */
+#ifndef _WIN32
+/*
+ * Standard time is UTC-5 ("EST"), DST time is UTC-4 ("EDT"). DST is active
+ * from 2:00 on the 2nd Sunday in March, to 2:00 on 1st Sunday in November.
+ */
+#define EST5EDT "EST5EDT,M3.2.0,M11.1.0"
+/*
+ * Standard time is UTC+2 ("IST"), DST time is UTC+3 ("IDT"). DST is active
+ * from 2:00 on following day of the 4th Thursday in March, to 2:00 on the
+ * last Sunday in October.
+ */
+#define IST_MINUS2_IDT "IST-2IDT,M3.4.4/26,M10.5.0"
+#else
+/*
+ * However, Windows doesn't follow the POSIX rules and only accept a TZ
+ * environment variable in format
+ *
+ *   tzn [+|-]hh[:mm[:ss] ][dzn]
+ *
+ * thus we couldn't specify the DST rules. Luckily, Windows C runtime library
+ * assumes the United State's rules for implementing the calculation of DST,
+ * which is fine for our test cases.
+ *
+ * See also https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/c-runtime-library/reference/tzset?view=msvc-170
+ */
+#define EST5EDT "EST5EDT"
+#define IST_MINUS2_IDT "IST-2IDT"
+#endif
+
+TEST_CASE("UTC Offset - Western Hemisphere (USA - Standard Time)", "[timezone][west]") {
+    // EST5EDT: Eastern Standard Time (UTC-5)
+    ScopedTZ tz(EST5EDT);
+
+    // Jan 15th (Winter)
+    auto tm = make_tm(2023, 1, 15, 12, 0);
+    REQUIRE(utc_minutes_offset(tm) == -300);
+}
+
+TEST_CASE("UTC Offset - Eastern Hemisphere (Europe/Israel - Standard Time)", "[timezone][east]") {
+    // IST-2IDT: Israel Standard Time (UTC+2)
+    ScopedTZ tz(IST_MINUS2_IDT);
+
+    // Jan 15th (Winter)
+    auto tm = make_tm(2023, 1, 15, 12, 0);
+    REQUIRE(utc_minutes_offset(tm) == 120);
+}
+
+TEST_CASE("UTC Offset - Zero Offset (UTC/GMT)", "[timezone][utc]") {
+    ScopedTZ tz("GMT0");
+
+    // Check Winter
+    auto tm_winter = make_tm(2023, 1, 15, 12, 0);
+    REQUIRE(utc_minutes_offset(tm_winter) == 0);
+
+    // Check Summer (GMT never shifts, so this should also be 0)
+    auto tm_summer = make_tm(2023, 7, 15, 12, 0);
+    REQUIRE(utc_minutes_offset(tm_summer) == 0);
+}
+
+TEST_CASE("UTC Offset - Non-Integer Hour Offsets (India)", "[timezone][partial]") {
+    // IST-5:30: India Standard Time (UTC+5:30)
+    ScopedTZ tz("IST-5:30");
+
+    auto tm = make_tm(2023, 1, 15, 12, 0);
+    REQUIRE(utc_minutes_offset(tm) == 330);
+}
+
+TEST_CASE("UTC Offset - Edge Case: Negative Offset Crossing Midnight", "[timezone][edge]") {
+    ScopedTZ tz(EST5EDT);
+    // Late night Dec 31st, 2023
+    auto tm = make_tm(2023, 12, 31, 23, 59);
+    REQUIRE(utc_minutes_offset(tm) == -300);
+}
+
+TEST_CASE("UTC Offset - Edge Case: Leap Year", "[timezone][edge]") {
+    ScopedTZ tz(EST5EDT);
+    // Feb 29, 2024 (Leap Day) - Winter
+    auto tm = make_tm(2024, 2, 29, 12, 0);
+    REQUIRE(utc_minutes_offset(tm) == -300);
+}
+
+TEST_CASE("UTC Offset - Edge Case: Invalid Date (Pre-Epoch)", "[timezone][edge]") {
+#ifdef _WIN32
+    // Windows mktime returns -1 for dates before 1970.
+    // We expect the function to safely return 0 (fallback).
+    auto tm = make_tm(1960, 1, 1, 12, 0);
+    REQUIRE(utc_minutes_offset(tm) == 0);
+#else
+    // Unix mktime handles pre-1970 dates correctly.
+    // We expect the actual historical offset (EST was UTC-5 in 1960).
+    ScopedTZ tz(EST5EDT);
+    auto tm = make_tm(1960, 1, 1, 12, 0);
+    REQUIRE(utc_minutes_offset(tm) == -300);
+#endif
+}
+
+#endif  // !SPDLOG_NO_TZ_OFFSET
+
Author	SHA1	Message	Date
Jan Moravec	12d65eebe6	Synchronize v2.x With Changes from v1.x (#3581 ) * docs(tasks): v1.x inventory, triage template, merge report; update task checklist - Record merge-base and export v1-only commits (v2..v1) - Document failed merge attempt: v2 file tree diverges from v1 - Mark completed checklist items 0.x, 1.x, merge report draft (5.2) Made-with: Cursor * fix(pattern): %z with UTC pattern time shows +00:00 (port v1 `09a674b7`) - z_formatter takes pattern_time_type; emit +00:00 when pattern uses UTC - Track port in tasks/commits-ported.txt and merge-report; update checklist Made-with: Cursor * fix(os): Windows utc_minutes_offset via mktime/_mkgmtime (port v1 `b656d1ce`) - Replace GetTimeZoneInformation-based offset with v1.x mktime/_mkgmtime approach - Add tests/test_timezone.cpp and extend pattern_formatter tests; update os.h comment Made-with: Cursor * test(timezone): POSIX TZ with DST rules; include fcntl in tcp_client_unix (v1 ports) - `0f7562a0`: EST5EDT / IST-2IDT macros for POSIX vs Windows - `d2100d5d`: fcntl.h for Unix tcp client header (v2 path) Made-with: Cursor * feat(tcp): connect timeouts and socket IO timeouts; ci: checkout@v6 (v1 ports) - `9ecdf5c8`: connect_socket_with_timeout on Unix/Windows; tcp_sink timeout_ms - `3c61b051`: actions/checkout@v6 on all workflows - tcp_sink: remove duplicate #pragma once Made-with: Cursor * feat(dup_filter_sink): ctor with sink list (v1 `45b67eee`); add full v1 SHA triage table - tasks/v1-triage-complete.md: 245 commits PORTED/PENDING/N/A for PRD 3A tracking - Merge report and task checklist updated Made-with: Cursor * feat(level): case-insensitive level_from_str; cmake: BUILD_TYPE only if top-level (v1 ports) - `566b2d14`: common.cpp + test_misc (SUPERSEDED note for `d5af52d9` in triage) - `dd3ca04a`: guard default CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE for add_subdirectory consumers - Update v1-triage-complete.md counts and statuses Made-with: Cursor * v1 parity: MSVC UTF-8, ansicolor/syslog/os, getenv, triage docs - CMake: SPDLOG_MSVC_UTF8 + /utf-8 for real MSVC only - ansicolor: protected target_file_; fix set_color_mode_ lock nesting - os: drop redundant fileapi.h; spdlog::details::os::getenv via std::getenv - tests: stopwatch waits 500ms; includes/triage/commits-ported/merge-report updates - Reclassify superseded v1 SHAs (Sep, syslog, stopwatch ms, utf8 tests, etc.) Made-with: Cursor * parity: ringbuffer zero capacity, utf8 assert; v1 triage sync - ringbuffer_sink: throw if n_items==0 (#3436); test expects spdlog_ex - utf8_to_wstrbuf: assert compares int to static_cast<int>(target.size()) (#3479) - Triage: PORTED `ad725d34` getenv, `677a2d93` stopwatch, `3f7e5028`, a6215527; SUPERSEDED `a45c9390`, `eeb22c13`, `5673e9e5`, `fe4f9952`, `287333ee` - tasks: 27 PORTED / 26 SUPERSEDED / 78 PENDING; merge-report + commits-ported Made-with: Cursor * docs(tasks): note regular commits and push after parity ports Made-with: Cursor * parity: dup_filter_sink notification level from last duplicate (#3390) - Remove notification_level ctor arg; track skipped_msg_log_level_ on duplicate skips - Test: skipped summary line uses same short level as duplicated messages - Triage: `847db337` PORTED; 28/26/77 counts; merge-report + commits-ported Made-with: Cursor * parity: UWP getenv (WINAPI_FAMILY); triage fmt/cfg/no-except - os_windows: detect non-desktop/UWP for empty getenv (#3489) - Triage: PORTED 8806ca65; SUPERSEDED `e3f5a4fe` e655dbb6; N/A `ae1de0dc` `548b2642` - Counts 29/28/116/72; merge-report + commits-ported Made-with: Cursor * parity: qt_sinks sign casts (#3487); triage `9c582574` superseded - qt_color_sink: qsizetype for UTF-8 color range lengths; index colors_ with size_t - SUPERSEDED: `9c582574` — os_unix utc_minutes_offset already matches #3366 - Counts 30/29/70; merge-report + commits-ported Made-with: Cursor * parity: SPDLOG_NO_TZ_OFFSET (#3483); triage #3360 superseded - CMake: option SPDLOG_NO_TZ_OFFSET; PUBLIC compile definition when ON - z_formatter: +??:?? when macro; else keep UTC +00:00 and local offset - utc_minutes_offset: stub on Unix/Windows when macro - test_pattern_formatter: %z UTC case matches placeholder when NO_TZ - SUPERSEDED `10320184` (ScopedPadder / %D already in v2) - Triage 31/30/68; merge-report + commits-ported Made-with: Cursor * triage: supersede `5931a3d6` `ba508057` `47b7e7c7` (already on v2 tree) Made-with: Cursor * tasks: sync 5.1 triage counts (33 superseded, 65 pending) Made-with: Cursor * parity: MSVC/clang hygiene #3515–#3519 #3521; triage batch - dup_filter_sink: filter_ const, const filter_duration (#3515) - logger: should_flush uses flush_level() (#3516) - daily_file_sink: new_filename locals (#3516) - spdlog::should_log(level log_level) (#3519) - example my_type value_ / ctor param (#3521) - Triage: PORTED `1774e700` `309204d5` `f2a9dec0` 472945ba; N/A `d299603e` 57505989; SUPERSEDED `1ef8d3ce` 8cfd4a7e; fix `ba508057` row Made-with: Cursor * parity: udp_sink const udp_sink_config& (#3520); triage `fc7e9c87` `1685e694` - dist_sink already used std::move(sinks) - SUPERSEDED: no common-inl.h on v2; log_with_format_ avoids fmt copy path (#3541) Made-with: Cursor * parity: README fmt::format_to (#3259); triage `2670f47d` `d276069a` `951c5b99` - Document ambiguous format_to fix in README user-defined type example - SUPERSEDED: z_formatter warning, fmt11 const formatter, rotate_now + test Made-with: Cursor * parity: lock rotate_now mutex (#3281); triage `a2b42620` `f355b3d5` `d276069a` - rotating_file_sink::rotate_now matches #3281 (sync with sink_it_) - SUPERSEDED: CMake 3.10..3.21 (v2 uses 3.23); daily test fmt::format; fmt11 const row Made-with: Cursor * parity: basic_file_sink::truncate (#3280); triage fwrite/fmt/test batch - truncate(): lock + file_helper::reopen(true) - test basic_file_sink_truncate - SUPERSEDED: `b7e0e2c2` `71925ca3` `fa6605dc` `885b5473` `96c9a62b` `1e6250e1` `d7155530` Made-with: Cursor * parity: test_sink/callback iterator cast (#3315); triage Catch2 #3038 - difference_type cast for formatted.end() - eol_len (`ad0f31c0`) - SUPERSEDED: `c1569a3d` Catch2 v3.5.0, `73e2e02b` wstr_to_utf8buf bounds Made-with: Cursor * parity: SPDLOG_WCHAR_CONSOLE WriteConsoleW path (#3092); triage `b6da5944` - WIN32 option SPDLOG_WCHAR_CONSOLE; SPDLOG_UTF8_TO_WCHAR_CONSOLE in private defs - wincolor print_range_: utf8_to_wstrbuf + WriteConsoleW when defined - N/A: async_msg flush_callback move-assign (no v1 shape on v2) Made-with: Cursor * triage: v1 async_logger/thread_pool + fmt 11.1 batch (15 SHAs) - N/A: `fe79bfcc` `6725584e` async tests `16e0d2e7` `63d18842` `d8e0ad46` `1e7d7e07` `3c23c27d` - SUPERSEDED: `faa0a7a9` `85bdab0c` `276ee5f5` `7f8060d5` `96a8f625` - Counts: 58 SUPERSEDED, 129 N/A, 17 PENDING; merge-report subsection Made-with: Cursor * Port v1 TSAN CMake (#3237); close 3A triage (MDC N/A, fmt 5A) Made-with: Cursor * docs(triage): note 3A table complete Made-with: Cursor * 5A: bundle fmt 12.1.0 (match v1.x), FMT_INSTALL, MSVC /wd4834, find_dependency(fmt 12) Made-with: Cursor * docs(5.4): migration and release notes for v1 parity integration branch Made-with: Cursor * docs: cross-link migration notes; refresh PRD/tasks/merge-report for completed 5A/3A Made-with: Cursor * revert: remove README and PRD cross-links to migration notes Made-with: Cursor * docs(merge-report): audit — add `9fe79692` to ports table; fix `6004e3d1` paths Made-with: Cursor * Remove tasks * PR comment fixes * Fix small random issues * Fix PR comments - un-remove the comment and allow any fmt library version --------- Co-authored-by: Jan Moravec <jan.moravec@hidglobal.com>	2026-04-08 17:17:37 +03:00
gabime	ce0424bb37	Bump fmt to 11.1.4	2025-04-13 12:46:01 +03:00
Gabi Melman	1f9272eb7d	Update logger.h	2025-04-11 14:45:11 +03:00
gabime	22122f3901	Merge PR #3366 from 1.x (Fix zformatter on Apple and POSIX.1-2024 conforming platform)	2025-03-29 13:58:40 +03:00
Jan Moravec	1b0a1dda33	Update CMake minimum version required (#3359 ) FILE_SET functionality was introduced in CMake version 3.23. https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/command/target_sources.html	2025-03-17 16:15:12 +02:00
gabime	88715d29e9	cherrypick pr #3661	2025-03-17 16:07:31 +02:00
gabime	22405cf9ae	Fixed async bench	2025-02-01 19:23:23 +02:00
gabime	27d8580131	Bump fmt to version 11.1.3	2025-02-01 19:06:19 +02:00
gabime	fbffd38030	CMakeLists.txt format	2025-02-01 19:03:41 +02:00
gabime	3a54caee36	CMakeLists.txt format	2025-02-01 19:02:52 +02:00
gabime	9db0ba648a	Refactor SPDLOG_API define	2025-01-18 20:32:34 +02:00
gabime	463e41f049	Refactor exporing in common.h	2025-01-18 19:45:13 +02:00
gabime	ace82f7da6	Try fix windows link error with visiblity	2025-01-18 19:17:45 +02:00
gabime	b93c0f8e8d	Update comment	2025-01-18 16:37:18 +02:00
gabime	aec733b7a9	change async queue limits to constexpr	2025-01-18 16:29:14 +02:00
gabime	eb660caa6c	Limit max async queue size to 250,000 entries	2025-01-18 16:26:43 +02:00
gabime	af8440b248	Small clean of enqueue_if_have_room in mpmc_blocking_q.h	2025-01-18 16:04:31 +02:00
gabime	214e26e8b2	Make err_helper time printing more robust	2025-01-18 14:09:19 +02:00
gabime	35060923d9	improved err_helper message while catching exceptions	2025-01-18 13:42:55 +02:00
gabime	a8e7527d2d	Merge branch 'v2.x' of github.com:gabime/spdlog into v2.x	2025-01-18 13:41:00 +02:00
Gabi Melman	2abfa1628b	Gabime/visibilty-hidden 2.x (#3324 ) Set CMAKE_CXX_VISIBILITY_PRESET and VISIBILITY_INLINES_HIDDEN when build shared lib	2025-01-18 13:36:01 +02:00