Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2000 17:29:53 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To: Larry Olin Horn <hornlo AT millsaps DOT edu>
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Subject: Re: timezone problems: tm_isdst not set; strftime("%z") is -0000
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On Wed, 12 Apr 2000, Larry Olin Horn wrote:

> > I cannot reproduce the first problem.  Please always make a point of
> 
> Transcript with output and source code at end of this message.

Thanks, I will look into that.

> > >   %a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S %Z --> Tue, 11 Apr 2000 09:50:47 CST
> >
> > I don't see any problem with this behavior.  If you think there is a
> > problem, please explain what it is.
> 
> Wrong time zone (CST instead of CDT)

No, it's not wrong.  The name printed by %Z is not documented to be 
identical to the TZ setting, or any part thereof.  It is simply a
string that identifies the time zone in some arbitrary way.

For example, I have a setting "TZ=israel", but %Z prints "JST" (for 
"Jerusalem Standard Time").