gen/FreeBSD/timezone.3

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  35 .Dd April 19, 1994
  36 .Dt TIMEZONE 3
  37 .Os
  38 .Sh NAME
  39 .Nm timezone
  40 .Nd return the timezone abbreviation
  41 .Sh LIBRARY
  42 .Lb libc
  43 .Sh SYNOPSIS
  44 .Ft char *
  45 .Fn timezone "int zone" "int dst"
  46 .Sh DESCRIPTION
  47 .Bf Sy
  48 This interface is for compatibility only; it is impossible to reliably
  49 map timezone's arguments to a time zone abbreviation.
  50 See
  51 .Xr ctime 3 .
  52 .Ef
  53 .Pp
  54 The
  55 .Fn timezone
  56 function returns a pointer to a time zone abbreviation for the specified
  57 .Fa zone
  58 and
  59 .Fa dst
  60 values.
  61 The
  62 .Fa zone
  63 argument
  64 is the number of minutes west of GMT and
  65 .Fa dst
  66 is non-zero if daylight savings time is in effect.
  67 .Sh SEE ALSO
  68 .Xr ctime 3
  69 .Sh HISTORY
  70 A
  71 .Fn timezone
  72 function appeared in
  73 .At v7 .