Path: elsie!cvl!umd5!purdue!decwrl!labrea!rutgers!bellcore!tness7!ninja!sys1!sneaky!trsvax!uhclem From: uhclem@trsvax.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy Subject: Re: Time on Tandy 3.2 Message-ID: <193300057@trsvax> Date: 25 Apr 88 15:43:00 GMT References: <1618@scicom.alphacdc.com> Lines: 66 Nf-ID: #R:scicom.alphacdc.com:1618:trsvax:193300057:000:3009 Nf-From: trsvax.UUCP!uhclem Apr 25 10:43:00 1988
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In XENIX 3.2, the routines that manage date conversions now examine a file for the rules on how to handle DST. So if the U.S. government changes the fall date (which is expected), or makes any other change, a change to the rule-file will fix handling for all programs. This also works nice if you happen to live in a country that is 15 minutes + solar time or some other unusual local time convention.
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Frank Durda IV @ <trsvax!uhclem> ...decvax!microsoft!trsvax!uhclem ...convex!infoswx!hal6000!trsvax!uhclem
I'm trying to find out if "the file" mentioned above is really the comp.sources.unix files. -- ado@ncifcrf.gov ADO is a trademark of Ampex.