NetBSD/lib/libc/gen/timezone.3
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.\" @(#)timezone.3 8.2 (Berkeley) 4/19/94
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.Dd April 19, 1994
.Dt TIMEZONE 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm timezone
.Nd return the timezone abbreviation
.Sh LIBRARY
.Lb libc
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Ft char *
.Fn timezone "int zone" "int dst"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Bf -symbolic
.\" This interface is available from the compatibility library, libcompat;
This interface is available for compatibility;
it is impossible to reliably map timezone's arguments to a time zone
abbreviation.
See
.Xr ctime 3 .
.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
.Sh HISTORY
A
.Fn timezone
function appeared in
.At v7 .