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diff --git a/upstream/archlinux/man3p/tzset.3p b/upstream/archlinux/man3p/tzset.3p new file mode 100644 index 00000000..5304dfb9 --- /dev/null +++ b/upstream/archlinux/man3p/tzset.3p @@ -0,0 +1,160 @@ +'\" et +.TH TZSET "3P" 2017 "IEEE/The Open Group" "POSIX Programmer's Manual" +.\" +.SH PROLOG +This manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual. +The Linux implementation of this interface may differ (consult +the corresponding Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior), +or the interface may not be implemented on Linux. +.\" +.SH NAME +daylight, +timezone, +tzname, +tzset +\(em set timezone conversion information +.SH SYNOPSIS +.LP +.nf +#include <time.h> +.P +extern int daylight; +extern long timezone; +extern char *tzname[2]; +void tzset(void); +.fi +.SH DESCRIPTION +The +\fItzset\fR() +function shall use the value of the environment variable +.IR TZ +to set time conversion information used by +.IR "\fIctime\fR\^(\|)", +.IR "\fIlocaltime\fR\^(\|)", +.IR "\fImktime\fR\^(\|)", +and +.IR "\fIstrftime\fR\^(\|)". +If +.IR TZ +is absent from the environment, implementation-defined default +timezone information shall be used. +.P +The +\fItzset\fR() +function shall set the external variable +.IR tzname +as follows: +.sp +.RS 4 +.nf + +tzname[0] = "\fIstd\fP"; +tzname[1] = "\fIdst\fP"; +.fi +.P +.RE +.P +where +.IR std +and +.IR dst +are as described in the Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1\(hy2017, +.IR "Chapter 8" ", " "Environment Variables". +.P +The +\fItzset\fR() +function also shall set the external variable +.IR daylight +to 0 if Daylight Savings Time conversions should never be applied for +the timezone in use; otherwise, non-zero. The external variable +.IR timezone +shall be set to the difference, in seconds, between Coordinated +Universal Time (UTC) and local standard time. +.P +If a thread accesses +.IR tzname , +.IR daylight , +or +.IR timezone +directly while another thread is in a call to +\fItzset\fR(), +or to any function that is required or allowed to set timezone +information as if by calling +\fItzset\fR(), +the behavior is undefined. +.SH "RETURN VALUE" +The +\fItzset\fR() +function shall not return a value. +.SH ERRORS +No errors are defined. +.LP +.IR "The following sections are informative." +.SH EXAMPLES +Example +.IR TZ +variables and their timezone differences are given in the table below: +.TS +center box tab(!); +cI | cI +lw(1i) | lw(1i). +TZ!timezone +_ +EST5EDT!5*60*60 +GMT0!0*60*60 +JST-9!\-9*60*60 +MET-1MEST!\-1*60*60 +MST7MDT!7*60*60 +PST8PDT!8*60*60 +.TE +.SH "APPLICATION USAGE" +Since the +\fIctime\fR(), +\fIlocaltime\fR(), +\fImktime\fR(), +\fIstrftime\fR(), +and +\fIstrftime_l\fR() +functions are required to set timezone information as if by calling +\fItzset\fR(), +there is no need for an explicit +\fItzset\fR() +call before using these functions. However, portable applications +should call +\fItzset\fR() +explicitly before using +\fIctime_r\fR() +or +\fIlocaltime_r\fR() +because setting timezone information is optional for those functions. +.SH RATIONALE +None. +.SH "FUTURE DIRECTIONS" +None. +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.IR "\fIctime\fR\^(\|)", +.IR "\fIlocaltime\fR\^(\|)", +.IR "\fImktime\fR\^(\|)", +.IR "\fIstrftime\fR\^(\|)" +.P +The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1\(hy2017, +.IR "Chapter 8" ", " "Environment Variables", +.IR "\fB<time.h>\fP" +.\" +.SH COPYRIGHT +Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form +from IEEE Std 1003.1-2017, Standard for Information Technology +-- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base +Specifications Issue 7, 2018 Edition, +Copyright (C) 2018 by the Institute of +Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. +In the event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and +The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard +is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online at +http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html . +.PP +Any typographical or formatting errors that appear +in this page are most likely +to have been introduced during the conversion of the source files to +man page format. To report such errors, see +https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/reporting_bugs.html . |