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NAME

       daylight, timezone, tzname, tzset — set timezone conversion information

SYNOPSIS

       #include <time.h>

       extern int daylight;
       extern long timezone;
       extern char *tzname[2];
       void tzset(void);

DESCRIPTION

       The  tzset()  function  shall  use  the  value  of  the  environment  variable  TZ to set time conversion
       information used  by  ctime(),  localtime(),  mktime(),  and  strftime().   If  TZ  is  absent  from  the
       environment, implementation-defined default timezone information shall be used.

       The tzset() function shall set the external variable tzname as follows:

           tzname[0] = "std";
           tzname[1] = "dst";

       where std and dst are as described in the Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2017, Chapter 8, Environment
       Variables.

       The tzset() function also shall set the  external  variable  daylight  to  0  if  Daylight  Savings  Time
       conversions  should  never be applied for the timezone in use; otherwise, non-zero. The external variable
       timezone shall be set to the difference, in seconds, between Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)  and  local
       standard time.

       If a thread accesses tzname, daylight, or timezone directly while another thread is in a call to tzset(),
       or to any function that is required or allowed to set timezone information as if by calling tzset(),  the
       behavior is undefined.

RETURN VALUE

       The tzset() function shall not return a value.

ERRORS

       No errors are defined.

       The following sections are informative.

EXAMPLES

       Example TZ variables and their timezone differences are given in the table below:

                                               ┌───────────┬────────────┐
                                               │    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    │
                                               └───────────┴────────────┘

APPLICATION USAGE

       Since  the  ctime(),  localtime(),  mktime(),  strftime(), and strftime_l() functions are required to set
       timezone information as if by calling tzset(), there is no need for an explicit tzset() call before using
       these  functions. However, portable applications should call tzset() explicitly before using ctime_r() or
       localtime_r() because setting timezone information is optional for those functions.

RATIONALE

       None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS

       None.

SEE ALSO

       ctime(), localtime(), mktime(), strftime()

       The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2017, Chapter 8, Environment Variables, <time.h>

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
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