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authorManuel Novoa III <mjn3@codepoet.org>2002-08-08 17:01:30 +0000
committerManuel Novoa III <mjn3@codepoet.org>2002-08-08 17:01:30 +0000
commitd3690d81d2b33a0b58f3ad5b91b96fa9e57b57c6 (patch)
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parentca3342bdfe6896a46e54494d88ceda344c30b2ad (diff)
Add an entry regarding localtime(), TZ, and timezone support.
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@@ -238,7 +238,6 @@ to the uClibc home page.</a>
to match your target system, and then run 'make'.
-
<p>
<TR><TD BGCOLOR="#ccccc0" ALIGN=left>
<B>
@@ -317,6 +316,25 @@ to the uClibc home page.</a>
<p>
<TR><TD BGCOLOR="#ccccc0" ALIGN=left>
<B>
+ Why does localtime() return times in UTC even when I have my timezone set?
+ </B>
+</TD></TR>
+<TR><TD BGCOLOR="#eeeee0">
+
+
+ The uClibc time functions get timezone information from the TZ environment
+ variable, as described in the Single Unix Specification Version 3. See
+ <a href="http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/007904975/basedefs/xbd_chap08.html">
+ http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/007904975/basedefs/xbd_chap08.html</a>
+ for details on valid settings of TZ. For some additional examples, read
+ <a href="http://www.uclibc.org/lists/uclibc/2002-August/006261.html">
+ http://www.uclibc.org/lists/uclibc/2002-August/006261.html</a> in the uClibc
+ mailing list archive.
+
+
+<p>
+<TR><TD BGCOLOR="#ccccc0" ALIGN=left>
+ <B>
What is the history of uClibc? Where did it come from?
</B>
</TD></TR>