From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Dec 12 15:20:19 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from uni4nn.gn.iaf.nl (osmium.gn.iaf.nl [193.67.144.12]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C354415289 for ; Sun, 12 Dec 1999 15:20:12 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wilko@yedi.iaf.nl) Received: from yedi.iaf.nl (uucp@localhost) by uni4nn.gn.iaf.nl (8.9.2/8.9.2) with UUCP id XAA29691; Sun, 12 Dec 1999 23:18:04 +0100 (MET) Received: (from wilko@localhost) by yedi.iaf.nl (8.9.3/8.9.3) id XAA76937; Sun, 12 Dec 1999 23:49:39 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wilko) Date: Sun, 12 Dec 1999 23:49:39 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte To: Charles Randall Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: timezone var vs timezone() function Message-ID: <19991212234939.C76834@yedi.iaf.nl> References: <64003B21ECCAD11185C500805F31EC0304D96BE6@houston.matchlogic.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: <64003B21ECCAD11185C500805F31EC0304D96BE6@houston.matchlogic.com>; from crandall@matchlogic.com on Sun, Dec 12, 1999 at 12:40:06PM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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. -- Wilko Bulte Arnhem, The Netherlands - The FreeBSD Project WWW : http://www.tcja.nl http://www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message