[tor-bugs] #20981 [Applications/Tor Browser]: The localized date string on Windows reveals local time

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#20981: The localized date string on Windows reveals local time
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 Reporter:  gk                                   |          Owner:
                                                 |  arthuredelstein
     Type:  defect                               |         Status:
                                                 |  needs_review
 Priority:  High                                 |      Milestone:
Component:  Applications/Tor Browser             |        Version:
 Severity:  Major                                |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  tbb-fingerinting, tbb-regression,    |  Actual Points:
  tbb-6.0-issues, TorBrowserTeam201701R          |
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 Reviewer:                                       |        Sponsor:
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Comment (by mcs):

 r=mcs

 I did not test the patch, but it looks plausible.
 And I guess it is okay to return malloc'd memory since that is done in
 other cases. Your patch might be a couple of lines shorter if you used
 uprv_strdup(), but that is not a big deal.

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