Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> writes:
The effect of offtime_r can be implemented by calling localtime_rz with a fixed-offset zone. As commentary says offtime "may well disappear in future releases of the time conversion package", it might be better for offtime to vanish than to multiply. For now I installed the attached patch to add more commentary about the situation.
I don't feel very strongly either way but I should point out that: - although the same effect can be achieved with localtime_rz(), it requires quite a bit of setup. - offtime() is behind STD_INSPIRED, while localtime_rz() is behind NETBSD_INSPIRED, so it might not necessarily be available. FreeBSD for instance builds tzcode with STD_INSPIRED but not NETBSD_INSPIRED. I won't cry over offtime() if you decide to axe it but I think it's strange that there isn't an offtime_r() to go with it. DES -- Dag-Erling Smørgrav - des@des.no