> Does anyone have a UNIX function for converting a time from timezoneX
> to timezoneY? I know how to write this by mucking with char** environ
> and by calling tzset(), but I'm interested in a more elegant solution
> (perhaps using fields in the tm structure).
>
> convert(timezoneX, timezoneY, inputTime, outputTime)
>
> The char** environ solution seems to me to be inelegant because
>
> 1) I have to reread a file whenever I call tzset() (I think),
> and
>
> 2) while I'm doing the conversion the call to tzset() has a
> global effect on my process. If I'm interrupted by a
> signal handler that displays the time it will be in a
> foreign timezone.
My current best solution is to use the Rogue Wave Tools.h++ library
class RWZone.
Nathan Myers
myersn(a)roguewave.com
