Re: time calculation

On Mon, 30 Oct 2006 07:16:31 -0800, keithv wrote:

% clock format [expr {([clock scan 09:51:16] - [clock scan 00:00:00])}] -format "%H:%M:%S"
04:51:16

I'd think the result'd be 09:51:16, why 04:51:16?

Timezone issues. Try formatting in the neutral GMT timezone...

Hi, thanks Keith & Uwe for the awesome answers, which actually answered my
next question -- I was trying to figure out why my tcl clock was 1 hour
faster yesterday, after the day light saving time was ended. :-)

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