To:	Eric Backus <ericb AT lsid DOT hp DOT com>
Cc:	djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Subject:	Re: DJGPP FAQ collection [was: DJGPP Memory Org. Docs?]
Return-Receipt-To:	peter AT deakin DOT edu DOT au
Date:	Wed, 16 Mar 1994 10:46:55 +1000
From:	Peter Horan <peter AT deakin DOT edu DOT au>

	From: Eric Backus <ericb AT lsid DOT hp DOT com>
	Message-Id: <9403151828 DOT AA07567 AT labejb DOT lsid DOT hp DOT com>
	Subject: Re: DJGPP FAQ collection [was: DJGPP Memory Org. Docs?]
	To: peter AT deakin DOT edu DOT au
	Date: Tue, 15 Mar 94 10:28:10 PST
	Cc: turnbull AT shako DOT sk DOT tsukuba DOT ac DOT jp,
	        djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
	In-Reply-To: <199403150607 DOT QAA03344 AT sol DOT ccs DOT deakin DOT edu DOT au>;
from "Peter Horan" at Mar 15, 94 4:07 pm
	Mailer: Elm [revision: 70.85]
	
	> I do not know if this is an FAQ but it is obscure enough given the lack of
	> documentation on TZ in djgpp. I found this answer elsewhere
(Borland C or SCO
	> Xenix). 
	> 
	> Q. Using ctime() returns a crazy time. Why?
	> A. Set TZ in the environment to "EST0EDT".
	> 
	> Q. Why does EST10EDT not work as expected?
	> A. The clock is not set to GMT. 
	
	Possible alternate answer: Eastern Standard Time is only five hours
	away from GMT, so you should try EST5EDT?
Thank you for your mail. I see one piece of confusion: _Australian_ Eastern
Standard Time is also abbreviated EST in Unix.

So, my TZ string should be EST-10EDT at least. This also prints out the 
wrong time.

Peter Horan                     School of Computing and Mathematics
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                                Geelong
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