[tz] Direct implementation of mktime_z

Guy Harris gharris at sonic.net
Sat Sep 24 07:27:06 UTC 2022


This appears to be more of "faster implementation of mtkime()" than "direct implementation of mtkime_z()", as the bulk of what you're talking about appears to be a faster way of converting a struct tm into a time_t rather than adding support for having a routine that can convert a struct tm, in an *arbitrary* tzdb region rather has the current tzdb region, to a time_t.  The two are independent - the "convert a struct tm, representing local time in a given tzdb region, to a time_t" part is orthogonal to the "is the given tzdb region the default region for the process, or is it an arbitrary region specified by a handle?"

For the latter, one issue si "what's the appropriate time zone name abbreviation for that particular time, and, if there's a way to 'close' a handle for a tzdb region, then, if there's a call that provides a string for that abbreviation, does that string survive closing the handle for the region?"


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