Re: [Plplot-devel] patch re mktime

2008-08-03 Thread Alan W. Irwin
On 2008-08-03 15:56+0100 Steve Schwartz wrote: > Dear Plplot-devel, > > I attach a patch that immunizes plplot from the peculiarities of C's > mktime function, that arise because mktime requires input in localtime. > The various recipes to calculate offsets from local time to utc, such as > those

[Plplot-devel] patch re mktime

2008-08-03 Thread Steve Schwartz
Dear Plplot-devel, I attach a patch that immunizes plplot from the peculiarities of C's mktime function, that arise because mktime requires input in localtime. The various recipes to calculate offsets from local time to utc, such as those in example x29, are not foolproof or portable. I have not e