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From: "Garrett A. Wollman" <wollman@lcs.mit.edu>
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To: dkelly@PeeCee.tbe.com (David Kelly)
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Subject: tzname[] and <time.h>
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<<On Wed, 28 Feb 1996 09:54:46 -0600, dkelly@PeeCee.tbe.com (David Kelly) said:

> Should "extern char *tzname[2];" be in /usr/include/time.h as with other
> systems or is there some good reason that it is missing?

Don't use it.  Use the tm_zone field of `struct tm'.  Neither is
portable, but the tm_zone field is more so.

-GAWollman

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