timezone var vs timezone() function
On my FreeBSD 3.3R system, /usr/include/time.h includes a prototype for the timezone() function. The timezone(3) manual page indicates that this function is for compatibility purposes only and notes that the timezone() function first appeared in ATT Unix V7. Version 2 of the Single Unix Specification (www.opengroup.org) states that time.h defines a global variable named timezone which indicates the difference in seconds between the local timezone and UTC. It also notes that this is, "Derived from Issue 1 of the SVID." I don't know what that means. I realize that I can work around this in an application a number of ways. For example, use FreeBSD's tm_gmtoff member of struct tm. However, is it a long-term goal for FreeBSD to conform to the Single Unix Specification? Charles To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
Re: timezone var vs timezone() function
On Sun, Dec 12, 1999 at 12:40:06PM -0700, Charles Randall wrote: On my FreeBSD 3.3R system, /usr/include/time.h includes a prototype for the timezone() function. The timezone(3) manual page indicates that this function is for compatibility purposes only and notes that the timezone() function first appeared in ATT Unix V7. Version 2 of the Single Unix Specification (www.opengroup.org) states that time.h defines a global variable named timezone which indicates the difference in seconds between the local timezone and UTC. It also notes that this is, "Derived from Issue 1 of the SVID." I don't know what that means. SVID == System V Interface Definition. -- Wilko Bulte Arnhem, The Netherlands - The FreeBSD Project WWW : http://www.tcja.nl http://www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
RE: timezone var vs timezone() function
From: Wilko Bulte [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Charles Randall wrote: ... It also notes that this is, "Derived from Issue 1 of the SVID." SVID == System V Interface Definition. Interesting, my Solaris 2.6 box defines timezone as the global variable (in accordance with the Single Unix Spec). See the tzset() manpage for their description. Charles To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
