TIMEZONE

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NAME

timezone - return the timezone abbreviation  

SYNOPSIS

Ft char * Fn timezone int zone int dst  

DESCRIPTION

This interface is for compatibility only; it is impossible to reliably map timezone's arguments to a time zone abbreviation. See ctime(3).

The Fn timezone function returns a pointer to a time zone abbreviation for the specifed zone and dst values. Zone is the number of minutes west of GMT and dst is non-zero if daylight savings time is in effect.  

SEE ALSO

ctime(3)  

HISTORY

A Fn timezone function appeared in AT&T System v7 .


 

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