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TIMEZONE(3) Library Functions Manual TIMEZONE(3) NAME timezone - return the timezone abbreviation LIBRARY Standard C Library (libc, -lc) SYNOPSIS char * timezone(int zone, int dst); DESCRIPTION This interface is available for compatibility only and will disappear in a future software release; it is impossible to reliably map timezone's arguments to a time zone abbreviation. See ctime(3); see tzset(3) for the new definition of this interface. The timezone() function returns a pointer to a time zone abbreviation for the specified zone and dst values. Zone is the number of minutes west of GMT and dst is non-zero if daylight savings time is in effect. SEE ALSO ctime(3), tzset(3) HISTORY A timezone() function appeared in Version 7 AT&T UNIX. NetBSD 10.99 April 19, 1994 NetBSD 10.99