mktime problems when adjusting tm_isdst

Bradley White bww at fore.com
Tue Oct 10 15:57:01 UTC 1995


I guess I would benefit from a succinct explanation of what
mktime(`TZ=Europe/Paris 1996-01-01 00:00:00 tm_isdst=1') is
supposed to mean.  Paul's assertion ...

>                                    Surely the result should be
> `1996-12-31 23:00:00 tm_isdst=0'.

..., while perhaps true, doesn't seem patently obvious.

If I took `TZ=Europe/Paris 1995-06-01 00:00:00 tm_isdst=1',
for example, and added six months, I think I would prefer to
see a `1996-01-01 00:00:00 tm_isdst=0' mktime() result.

In any case, a clear definition will tell us what to do with
the code.

Bradley



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