Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2000 12:12:11 +0200
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Subject: Re: strftime: Need Help with Time Offsets
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> From: naisbodo <naisbodo AT enteract DOT com>
> Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
> Date: 22 Dec 2000 01:51:59 GMT
> 
> Jason Green <news AT jgreen4 DOT fsnet DOT co DOT uk> wrote:
> > Of course, %z can be made to do whatever we want. 
> 
> More realistically, it should allow existing programs to work without
> modification.  There are two cases of existing programs:
> 
>    * Programs which must be ported and rely on a standard behavior
>    * Programs which are on DJGPP already and rely on existing behavior

You cannot ask for portability when you use non-portable features.  %z
was such a feature before C99 standardized it.