That's what I thought at first too but Phoenix is returning a 5 and it does not have DST and Chicago returns a 97 and it does have DST.
Stephen Watters Senior Programmer Analyst Unirez by Pegasus Pegasus Solutions, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (214) 234-4614 -----Original Message----- From: Dave Rolsky [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2006 1:43 AM To: Watters, Stephen Cc: datetime@perl.org Subject: Re: Problem with has_dst_changes On Tue, 7 Mar 2006, Watters, Stephen wrote: > I am starting to use your DateTime::TimeZone module to handle my time > zone needs. In using it, I discovered that the has_dst_changes > subroutine returns an integer value. I was expecting a boolean value > or something to that effect so that you know if this time zone has DST. > Can you please tell me what this value actually is? It's what the docs say it is: Indicates whether or not this zone ever has a change to and from DST. It's a boolean, but the true value could be anything that's not zero. That's just how Perl works. -dave /*=================================================== VegGuide.Org www.BookIRead.com Your guide to all that's veg. My book blog ===================================================*/