Does anyone have the source for this function?

myersn at roguewave.com myersn at roguewave.com
Wed Mar 23 04:48:02 UTC 1994


> Does anyone have a UNIX function for converting a time from timezoneX
> to timezoneY?  I know how to write this by mucking with char** environ
> and by calling tzset(), but I'm interested in a more elegant solution
> (perhaps using fields in the tm structure).
> 
> 	convert(timezoneX, timezoneY, inputTime, outputTime)
> 
> The char** environ solution seems to me to be inelegant because
> 
> 	1) I have to reread a file whenever I call tzset() (I think),
>            and
> 
> 	2) while I'm doing the conversion the call to tzset() has a
>            global effect on my process.  If I'm interrupted by a
>            signal handler that displays the time it will be in a
>            foreign timezone.

My current best solution is to use the Rogue Wave Tools.h++ library 
class RWZone. 

Nathan Myers
myersn at roguewave.com



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