To: Eric Backus 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 From: Eric Backus 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 peter AT deakin DOT edu DOT au Deakin University Geelong +61-52-27 1234 (Voice) Victoria 3217 +61-52-27 2028 (FAX) Australia