diff --color -u5 -r sqlite-src-3440000-pristine/tool/mksqlite3c.tcl sqlite-src-3440000-modified/tool/mksqlite3c.tcl
--- sqlite-src-3440000-pristine/tool/mksqlite3c.tcl	2023-11-01 07:31:37
+++ sqlite-src-3440000-modified/tool/mksqlite3c.tcl	2024-03-14 17:36:55
@@ -84,11 +84,14 @@
 set fname sqlite3.c
 if {$enable_recover} { set fname sqlite3r.c }
 set out [open $fname w]
 # Force the output to use unix line endings, even on Windows.
 fconfigure $out -translation lf
-set today [clock format [clock seconds] -format "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S UTC" -gmt 1]
+# The command below results in "couldn't find HOME environment variable to
+# expand path" errors on macOS CI runs. today is unused, so it is safe to
+# comment it out.
+# set today [clock format [clock seconds] -format "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S UTC" -gmt 1]
 puts $out [subst \
 {/******************************************************************************
 ** This file is an amalgamation of many separate C source files from SQLite
 ** version $VERSION.  By combining all the individual C code files into this
 ** single large file, the entire code can be compiled as a single translation