NAME
timezone
- return the timezone abbreviation
LIBRARY
Standard C Library (libc, -lc)
SYNOPSIS
char
*
timezone(
int zone
, int dst
)
DESCRIPTION
This interface is available for compatibility only and will disappear in a
future software release;
it is impossible to reliably map timezone's arguments to a time zone
abbreviation.
See
ctime(3);
see
tzset(3)
for the new definition of this interface.
The
timezone(
)
function returns a pointer to a time zone abbreviation for the specified
zone
and
dst
values.
Zone
is the number of minutes west of GMT and
dst
is non-zero if daylight savings time is in effect.
SEE ALSO
ctime(3),
tzset(3)
HISTORY
A
timezone(
)
function appeared in
Version 7 AT&T UNIX
.