Re: CVS commit: src/lib/libc/time

[christos%zoulas.com@localhost (Christos Zoulas)]

On Apr 18,  9:57am, paul%whooppee.com@localhost (Paul Goyette) wrote:
-- Subject: Re: CVS commit: src/lib/libc/time

| >> XXX: To be strictly correct, the tzgetname() call should probably take
| >> a time reference point in order to return the appropriate zone name
| >> for the time given.
| >
| > Yes, the timezone name should be associated with the specific point in
| > time.
| 
| Of course, the problem is, what specific point in time should be used,
| and how is it specified?  There is no argument in which the point in
| time could be passed.
| 
| For now we should probably add a BUGS section to the man page to make
| note of this restriction.

It is not a bug, and it should be documented. We can add another function
in the future that takes a time reference point.

christos