Subject: Re: New time routines
To: eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il
Date: Wed, 31 Aug 1994 10:13:22 +0200 (MET DST)
From: Henrik Storner <storner AT olicom DOT dk>
Cc: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu

> The problem with your routine is that it arbitrarily adds DST rules
> to the TZ setting.

Only if the normal tzset() fails.

> These might be *mostly* right, but they cannot be
> *always* right, because there are all kinds of strange countries out
> there (like my little corner, for example) with most weird DST
> legislature which can easily defy any ``simpe'' solution
[...]
> A single file is, I think, not too much of a burden to install.

OK, point taken. Let's just leave it at this:

1) With the last flurry of changes, the time-routines in DJGPP work the
   way they should.
2) Users should either set a full TZ specification, or use the zoneinfo
   files.
3) Programmers distributing DJGPP compiled programs should be aware of
   these problems, and make sure the users are too.
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