Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ut-ngp.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!harpo!seismo!ut-sally!ut-ngp!clyde From: clyde@ut-ngp.UUCP Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: TZ Rationalization Requested Message-ID: <372@ut-ngp.UUCP> Date: Mon, 12-Mar-84 11:50:10 EST Article-I.D.: ut-ngp.372 Posted: Mon Mar 12 11:50:10 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 13-Mar-84 08:52:30 EST References: <341@dual.UUCP>, <1795@rlgvax.UUCP> <1084@cbosgd.UUCP> <1805@rlgvax.UUCP> Organization: Comp. Center, Univ. of Texas at Austin Lines: 11 If for some strange reason I want to know the 'name' of my timezone, I can call ctime(3) and pick off the timezone part of it. Frankly, how often do you need to do this, anyway? I can't really see what rationale the USG people had for this TZ hack. Yet another USG lossage, as far as I'm concerned. -- Clyde W. Hoover @ Univ. of Texas Computation Center; Austin, Texas (Shouter-To-Dead-Parrots) "The ennui is overpowering" - Marvin clyde@ut-ngp.{UUCP,ARPA} clyde@ut-sally.{UUCP,ARPA} ihnp4!ut-ngp!clyde