Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1998 13:17:51 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To: Simon Vatche Chamlian <simon AT mpbtech DOT qc DOT ca>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: "localtime" Function
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On Thu, 12 Nov 1998, Simon Vatche Chamlian wrote:

> I was using DJGPP's "localtime" function and to my great surprise,
> "localtime" returns a time 5 hours greater then the time set on the
> PC. I presume this is due because there is no correction done due to
> the time zone and daylight saving time.

Do you have a TZ variable set in the environment?  If so, it probably
is not in a form that is compatible with Posix TZ format used by
DJGPP.  Post here the details of your TZ setting, if you want this
resolved.

> On another subject, the reason I was trying to tackle this function
> is because "time_t" is declared as "long" in the ANSI C
> library.

AFAIK, ANSI never specifies what time_t should be, except that it
should be an arithmetic type; it's entirely up to the implementation
to providfe whatever typedef it sees fit.