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- <LI>Linux</LI>
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- use Time::Zone;
- print tz2zone();
- print tz2zone($ENV{'TZ'});
- print tz2zone($ENV{'TZ'}, time());
- print tz2zone($ENV{'TZ'}, undef, $isdst);
- $offset = tz_local_offset();
- $offset = tz_offset($TZ);</PRE>
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- <P>This is a collection of miscellaneous timezone manipulation routines.</P>
- <P><CODE>tz2zone()</CODE> parses the TZ environment variable and returns a timezone
- string suitable for inclusion in <EM>date</EM>-like output. It opionally takes
- a timezone string, a time, and a is-dst flag.</P>
- <P><CODE>tz_local_offset()</CODE> determins the offset from GMT time in seconds. It
- only does the calculation once.</P>
- <P><CODE>tz_offset()</CODE> determines the offset from GMT in seconds of a specified
- timezone.</P>
- <P><CODE>tz_name()</CODE> determines the name of the timezone based on its offset</P>
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- <H1><A NAME="authors">AUTHORS</A></H1>
- <P>Graham Barr <<A HREF="mailto:bodg@pobox.com">bodg@pobox.com</A>>
- David Muir Sharnoff <<A HREF="mailto:muir@idiom.com">muir@idiom.com</A>>
- Paul Foley <<A HREF="mailto:paul@ascent.com">paul@ascent.com</A>></P>
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