problem with ltzset()

[Bradley White]

Joel,

> gap % tzcheck
> TZ=PST8PDT
> 720005582:      9/25/92 1:33
> 733919582:      3/4/93  3:33
> 752059982:      9/31/93 1:33
> ^C
> gap % setenv TZ US/Pacific
> gap % tzcheck
> TZ=US/Pacific
> 720034366:      9/25/92 9:32
> 733948366:      3/4/93  11:32
> 752088766:      9/31/93 9:32
> 
> It's off by the GMT offset, 8 hours, in every case.
> If EST5EDT and US/Easter are used, it's off by 5 hours.
> 
> Has anyone seen or fixed this problem? This is on SVR4.

How does your system differentiate between POSIX-style and ado-style
TZ values?  Vanilla ado code tries ado-style first, but more-compliant
(== less-useful) implementations may only go with POSIX-style unless
the string begins with ':'.

Give ``TZ=:US/Pacific'' a burl.

Brad