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32*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Dd April 19, 1994
33*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Dt TIMEZONE 3
34*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Os
35*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Sh NAME
36*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Nm timezone
37*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Nd return the timezone abbreviation
38*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Sh LIBRARY
39*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Lb libc
40*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Sh SYNOPSIS
41*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Ft char *
42*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Fn timezone "int zone" "int dst"
43*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Sh DESCRIPTION
44*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Bf -symbolic
45*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.\" This interface is available from the compatibility library, libcompat;
46*2fe8fb19SBen GrasThis interface is available for compatibility only and will disappear in a
47*2fe8fb19SBen Grasfuture software release;
48*2fe8fb19SBen Grasit is impossible to reliably map timezone's arguments to a time zone
49*2fe8fb19SBen Grasabbreviation.
50*2fe8fb19SBen GrasSee
51*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Xr ctime 3 ;
52*2fe8fb19SBen Grassee
53*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Xr tzset 3
54*2fe8fb19SBen Grasfor the new definition of this interface.
55*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Ef
56*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Pp
57*2fe8fb19SBen GrasThe
58*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Fn timezone
59*2fe8fb19SBen Grasfunction returns a pointer to a time zone abbreviation for the specified
60*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Ar zone
61*2fe8fb19SBen Grasand
62*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Ar dst
63*2fe8fb19SBen Grasvalues.
64*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Ar Zone
65*2fe8fb19SBen Grasis the number of minutes west of GMT and
66*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Ar dst
67*2fe8fb19SBen Grasis non-zero if daylight savings time is in effect.
68*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Sh SEE ALSO
69*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Xr ctime 3 ,
70*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Xr tzset 3
71*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Sh HISTORY
72*2fe8fb19SBen GrasA
73*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Fn timezone
74*2fe8fb19SBen Grasfunction appeared in
75*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.At v7 .
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