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@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ the usefulness of the SVR2 functions:
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applications that an administrator wants used only at certain times--
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without regard to whether the user has fiddled the "TZ" environment
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variable. While an administrator can "do everything in GMT" to get
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around the problem, doing so is inconvenient and precludes handling
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around the problem, doing so is inconvenient and precludes handling
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daylight savings time shifts--as might be required to limit phone
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calls to off-peak hours.)
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@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ These are the changes that have been made to the SVR2 functions:
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best approximation to local wall clock time to be delivered by
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subsequent calls to "localtime." Source code for portable
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applications that "must" run on local wall clock time should call
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"tzsetwall;" if such code is moved to "old" systems that don't provide
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"tzsetwall();" if such code is moved to "old" systems that don't provide
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tzsetwall, you won't be able to generate an executable program.
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(These time zone functions also arrange for local wall clock time to be
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used if tzset is called--directly or indirectly--and there's no "TZ"
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@@ -89,8 +89,9 @@ Points of interest to folks with Version 7 or BSD systems:
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of GMT" value and a "daylight saving time in effect" flag) to a
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time zone abbreviation, and we refuse to guess.
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Programs that in the past used the timezone function may now examine
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tzname[(*localtime(&clock))->tm_isdst] to learn the correct time
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zone abbreviation to use.
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tzname[localtime(&clock)->tm_isdst] to learn the correct time
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zone abbreviation to use. Alternatively, use localtime(&clock)->tm_zone
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if this has been enabled.
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* The BSD gettimeofday function is not used in this package;
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this lets users control the time zone used in doing time conversions.
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