Date: Sun, 12 Dec 1999 23:49:39 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl> To: Charles Randall <crandall@matchlogic.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: timezone var vs timezone() function Message-ID: <19991212234939.C76834@yedi.iaf.nl> In-Reply-To: <64003B21ECCAD11185C500805F31EC0304D96BE6@houston.matchlogic.com>; from crandall@matchlogic.com on Sun, Dec 12, 1999 at 12:40:06PM -0700 References: <64003B21ECCAD11185C500805F31EC0304D96BE6@houston.matchlogic.com>
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On Sun, Dec 12, 1999 at 12:40:06PM -0700, Charles Randall wrote:
> On my FreeBSD 3.3R system, /usr/include/time.h includes a prototype for the
> timezone() function. The timezone(3) manual page indicates that this
> function is for compatibility purposes only and notes that the timezone()
> function first appeared in AT&T Unix V7.
>
> Version 2 of the Single Unix Specification (www.opengroup.org) states that
> time.h defines a global variable named timezone which indicates the
> difference in seconds between the local timezone and UTC. It also notes that
> this is, "Derived from Issue 1 of the SVID." I don't know what that means.
SVID == System V Interface Definition.
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