Re: clock format and timezones

From: Kevin Kenny (kennykb_at_acm.org)
Date: 04/16/04

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    Mike Tuxford wrote:
    > WL <me@privacy.net> wrote:
    > :I'm trying to output some timestamps according to specific
    > :timezones. I tried using the -gmt flag, but it doesn't seem
    > :to make a difference. This is on netbsd/alpha with tcl 8.4.2
    > :via tclkit.
    > ...
    >
    > Well, continuosuly changing the system timezone might be
    > one way to approach the problem but I'd rather create a unix
    > timestamp based on a relative offset from GMT.

    I quite agree, which is why TIP #173 proposes (among a raft
    of other improvements) a '-timezone' option to [clock scan]
    and [clock format]. 

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73 de ke9tv/2, Kevin
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