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34.\"	@(#)timezone.3	8.2 (Berkeley) 4/19/94
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36.Dd April 19, 1994
37.Dt TIMEZONE 3
38.Os
39.Sh NAME
40.Nm timezone
41.Nd return the timezone abbreviation
42.Sh LIBRARY
43.Lb libc
44.Sh SYNOPSIS
45.Ft char *
46.Fn timezone "int zone" "int dst"
47.Sh DESCRIPTION
48.Bf -symbolic
49.\" This interface is available from the compatibility library, libcompat;
50This interface is available for compatibility only and will disappear in a
51future software release;
52it is impossible to reliably map timezone's arguments to a time zone
53abbreviation.
54See
55.Xr ctime 3 ;
56see
57.Xr tzset 3
58for the new definition of this interface.
59.Ef
60.Pp
61The
62.Fn timezone
63function returns a pointer to a time zone abbreviation for the specified
64.Ar zone
65and
66.Ar dst
67values.
68.Ar Zone
69is the number of minutes west of GMT and
70.Ar dst
71is non-zero if daylight savings time is in effect.
72.Sh SEE ALSO
73.Xr ctime 3 ,
74.Xr tzset 3
75.Sh HISTORY
76A
77.Fn timezone
78function appeared in
79.At v7 .
80