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Subject: Re: LSC bug?
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Date: Thu, 24-Sep-87 08:33:50 EDT
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Keywords: time, LSC, libraries, bug

In article <2867@husc6.UUCP> olson@endor.UUCP (Eric Olson) writes:
>
>How does the library know where the computer is, to calculate GMT from
>the local time?

Actually, that's another problem, which may well be classified as a bug.
GMT is calculated based on Eastern Standard Time, and the fault is that
the library assumes that local time *is* EST. (or EDT, as the case may be).

I will probably fix this library; the problem is how to fix it; it's
possible to just have time() and ctime() return the system clock time
and date regardless, but if people have come to depend on the current
functionality, it might be a problem.

Any suggestions?

		--Rich



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Richard M. Siegel
Customer Support Representative
THINK Technologies, Inc.