Re: timezone = 1168 ???
On Wed, 13 Jan 1999, Edwin Martin wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I walked into a strange problem.
>
> The variable timezone doesn't seem to work right. It should give
> the timedifference between GMT and the local timezone.
>
> I live in Amsterdam, so the difference should be (-)3600 seconds.
> But timezone tells me the difference is -1168 seconds, or about
> 19 minutes! Bit strange, isn't it?
>
> I use Debian Hamm, so my Linux is not that old. I can reproduce this
> on two Hamm-computers, installed by different people.
>
> Here's the code:
>
> // timetest.c
>
> #include <stdio.h>
> #include <time.h>
>
> main() {
> time_t t;
>
> t = time( NULL ); // dummy instruction for localtime()
> localtime( &t ); // sets tzname and timezone
>
> printf( "tzname=[%s,%s]\n", tzname[0], tzname[1] );
> printf( "timezone=%ld\n", timezone );
> }
>
> And this is the output:
>
> tzname=[CET,CEST]
> timezone=-1168
>
> tzname Is correct, but timezone is not.
>
> Can anybody explain this? Is this a bug in glibc or something?
>
> Thanx,
> Edwin Martin.
>
>
> ---
> The world is moving so fast these days
> that the person who says it can't be done
> is generally interrupted by someone doing it.
> -- Harry Emerson Fosdick
>
>
I've noticed a similar problem on my system. I first noticed me when
someone pointed out to me that my mail's time says "-0600 (EST)" which is,
of course, incorrect. It should read CST. I asked what was going on once,
but no one responded. I ran your little program and got this output:
tzname=[EST,CDT]
timezone=21600
That should be CST,CDT and 3600. Does anyone know what's going on here?
I almost forgot. I did not have this problem under bo. It began with hamm
and has continued into slink.
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