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Re: curl_getdate and timezones

From: Ralph Mitchell <ralphmitchell_at_gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2005 16:34:25 -0500

Just wondering, does any of the date/time code make any assumptions
about when Daylight Saving Time flips over in the US?? The President
is about to sign legislation that alters the changeover dates, to be
effective in 2007. Summer time will start 3 weeks earlier and end 1
week later, apparently. If that has any potential for biting us,
now's the time to take evasive action...

Ralph Mitchell

On 8/4/05, Daniel Stenberg <daniel-curl_at_haxx.se> wrote:
> This whole business with trying to detect time zones by name is really not a
> good idea anyway - as the are numerous "official" time zones sharing the same
> name. Not to mention how daylight savings time is next to impossible to track
> and adapt to globally.
Received on 2005-08-08