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.\" $NetBSD: timezone.3,v 1.12 2003/08/07 16:42:58 agc Exp $
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.\" @(#)timezone.3 8.2 (Berkeley) 4/19/94
.\"
.Dd April 19, 1994
.Dt TIMEZONE 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm timezone
.Nd return the timezone abbreviation
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.Sh LIBRARY
.Lb libc
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Ft char *
.Fn timezone "int zone" "int dst"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Bf -symbolic
.\" This interface is available from the compatibility library, libcompat;
This interface is available for compatibility only and will disappear in a
future software release;
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it is impossible to reliably map timezone's arguments to a time zone
abbreviation.
See
.Xr ctime 3 ;
see
.Xr tzset 3
for the new definition of this interface.
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.Ef
.Pp
The
.Fn timezone
function returns a pointer to a time zone abbreviation for the specified
.Ar zone
and
.Ar dst
values.
.Ar Zone
is the number of minutes west of GMT and
.Ar dst
is non-zero if daylight savings time is in effect.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr ctime 3 ,
.Xr tzset 3
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.Sh HISTORY
A
.Fn timezone
function appeared in
.At v7 .