NAME
timezone
—
return the timezone
abbreviation
LIBRARY
library “libc”
SYNOPSIS
char *
timezone
(int
zone, int dst);
DESCRIPTION
This interface is for compatibility only; it is impossible to
reliably map timezone's arguments to a time zone abbreviation. See
ctime(3).
The
timezone
()
function returns a pointer to a time zone abbreviation for the specified
zone and dst values. The
zone argument is the number of minutes west of GMT and
dst is non-zero if daylight savings time is in
effect.
SEE ALSO
HISTORY
A timezone
() function appeared in
Version 7 AT&T UNIX.