On Sun, Oct 27, 2002 at 09:20:13AM +0000, Ed Avis wrote:
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> Fortunately the code is already written. Please look at bst_dates()
> in UK_TZ.pm and check that it also works correctly for America.
I think it could. I have not run any tests or looked at the exact
input and output of most functions. The one descrepancy is that in
North America, we adjust time at 2:00am, not 1:00am.
> This is a special case of needing to know the timezone used for the
> listings. If zap2it doesn't give a timezone in its web pages then the
> --configure stage should prompt for one (perhaps giving the local TZ
> as a default). And also ask whether DST is used.
This is true, indeed, but on UNIX/Linux (at least) the O/S has all of
these details. It would be nice to leverage them.
b.
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