Clean install on OS X via Homebrew

couchdb

$ couchdb
Apache CouchDB 1.2.0 (LogLevel=info) is starting.
Apache CouchDB has started. Time to relax.
[info] [<0.31.0>] Apache CouchDB has started on http://127.0.0.1:5984/
[info] [<0.124.0>] 127.0.0.1 - - GET /_utils/ 200
[error] [<0.124.0>] Badarg error in HTTP request
[info] [<0.124.0>] Stacktrace: [{erlang,localtime_to_universaltime,
                                    [{{2012,5,19},{11,12,36}},true],
                                    []},
                                {calendar,local_time_to_universal_time_dst,1,
                                    [{file,"calendar.erl"},{line,282}]},
                                {httpd_util,rfc1123_date,1,
                                    [{file,"httpd_util.erl"},{line,344}]},
                                {mochiweb_request,maybe_serve_file,3,
                                    [{file,"mochiweb_request.erl"},
                                     {line,605}]},
                                {couch_httpd,serve_file,4,
                                    [{file,"couch_httpd.erl"},{line,451}]},
                                {couch_httpd,handle_request_int,5,
                                    [{file,"couch_httpd.erl"},{line,317}]},
                                {mochiweb_http,headers,5,
                                    [{file,"mochiweb_http.erl"},{line,136}]},
                                {proc_lib,init_p_do_apply,3,
                                    [{file,"proc_lib.erl"},{line,227}]}]
[error] [<0.124.0>] Uncaught server error: badarg
[info] [<0.124.0>] 127.0.0.1 - - GET /_utils/ 500

curl

$ curl -i http://localhost:5984/_utils/
HTTP/1.1 500 Internal Server Error
Server: CouchDB/1.2.0 (Erlang OTP/R15B01)
Date: Tue, 22 May 2012 15:11:09 GMT
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: 44
Cache-Control: must-revalidate

{"error":"unknown_error","reason":"badarg"}

Issue turned out to be a bug in the Erlang VM with certain time zones including the EAT time zone I live in. Changed time zone to EEFT as a workaround.