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Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 13:34:42 -0500
From: Paul Berrevoets <paul AT swi DOT com>
Organization: Halcyon Inc.
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To: Songyu Lu <slu AT ncsa DOT uiuc DOT edu>
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Subject: Re: Timing Functions on Cygwin
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This has been fixed in the snapshots since around June of last year.
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Regards,
Paul

Songyu Lu wrote:

> I have trouble with timing functions(time(), localtime(),
> tzset(), mktime()) on Cygwin using gcc compiler.
>
> I wrote a simple program attached.
>
> It basicly converts the value from time()(call it A) to tm structure, then
> converts this tm back to a value in seconds using tzset() and
> mktime()(call it B).  A and B are supposed to be equal.  Cygwin gives me a
> 6 hours difference(I am in Central Time Zone), while other systems(I tried
> IRIX, Linux, Sun OS) work well.
>
> Hope you can give me a hint!
>
> Raymond
> NCSA
>
>   ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> /* test timing:
>  *    get local time from time() and localtime(),
>  *    convert to time in seconds by mktime(),
>  *    supposed to get same values.
>  */
> #include <stdio.h>
> #include <time.h>
> #include <sys/time.h>
>
> main()
> {
>   struct tm *tm;
>   time_t now, the_time;
>
>   /*get current time in seconds.*/
>   now = time(0);
>   /* convert to tm structure */
>   tm = localtime(&now);
>
>   /*adjust to local time zone and daylight saving time */
>   tzset();
>   /*convert tm structure to time in seconds.  Cygwin returns Greenwich time
>     here while other systems return local time. */
>   the_time = mktime(tm);
>
>   fprintf(stderr, "tm->tm_isdst=%d\n", tm->tm_isdst);
>   fprintf(stderr, "now=%d,\nthe_time=%d,\nnow - the_time=%d\n", now, the_time,
>           (now-the_time));
>
>   return 0;
> }
>
>   ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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