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31 .Dd April 19, 1994

32 .Dt TIMEZONE 3

33 .Os

34 .Sh NAME

35 .Nm timezone

36 .Nd return the timezone abbreviation

37 .Sh LIBRARY

38 .Lb libc

39 .Sh SYNOPSIS

40 .Ft char *

41 .Fn timezone "int zone" "int dst"

42 .Sh DESCRIPTION

43 .Bf Sy

44 This interface is for compatibility only; it is impossible to reliably

45 map timezone's arguments to a time zone abbreviation.

46 See

47 .Xr ctime 3 .

48 .Ef

49 .Pp

50 The

51 .Fn timezone

52 function returns a pointer to a time zone abbreviation for the specified

53 .Fa zone

54 and

55 .Fa dst

56 values.

57 The

58 .Fa zone

59 argument

60 is the number of minutes west of GMT and

61 .Fa dst

62 is non-zero if daylight savings time is in effect.

63 .Sh SEE ALSO

64 .Xr ctime 3

65 .Sh HISTORY

66 A

67 .Fn timezone

68 function appeared in

69 .At v7 .