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From: resnick@lees.cogsci.uiuc.edu (Pete Resnick)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Time ain't on my side
Keywords: time, time zone, map
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Date: 2 Aug 90 00:39:55 GMT
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I am trying to write a program that will set the system clock. I
would like to check the time zone I am in and whether to use
daylight savings. The less prompting of the user, the better, so:

Is there any way to access the time zone from the "Map" cdev. It
says in the documentation (when was the last time any of you looked
in the Macintosh Utilties User's Guide, p, 124):

     "With Map, you can set the Current Location, which is
      stored in your Macintosh just like the time and date.
      You can call upon that location from application
      programs or from HyperCard."

How? I looked in the cdev using ResEdit at the both the CTY# and
MCFG resources, but the CTY# is just the list of cities and there
is nothing deciferable in MCFG. What gives?

Also, is there anything in System Software for determining daylight
savings rules? If not, does anyone know the official rules, or know
how to get them from the time gods in France, or wherever they may be?

pr
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