Setting TimeZone with C++

[Neo]

Hi,
Can anybody help me in writing a standard C++ program to set timezone to CST ?
-Thanks,
Venkat

[Ali R.]

Re: Setting TimeZone with C++


"Neo" <niftyhawk@yaho o.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
> Can anybody help me in writing a standard C++ program to set timezone to[/color]
CST ?[color=blue]
> -Thanks,
> Venkat[/color]

There is no Time Zone in standard C++. Actually I don't think that your
computer really cares what timezone it's in, just the time.

Ali R.

[Derek Baker]

Re: Setting TimeZone with C++

"Neo" <niftyhawk@yaho o.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
> Can anybody help me in writing a standard C++ program to set timezone to[/color]
CST ?[color=blue]
> -Thanks,
> Venkat[/color]

What OS? Perhaps you should ask in a newsgroup for it.

--
Derek

[Ekkehard Morgenstern]

Re: Setting TimeZone with C++


Hi Neo,

"Neo" <niftyhawk@yaho o.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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> Can anybody help me in writing a standard C++ program to set timezone to[/color]
CST ?

Refer to the documentation of your compiler's or OS's libraries.

Most C libraries' time functions (defined in "time.h") evaluate an
environment variable (like TZ) to detect the time zone in a UNIX-compatible
manner. Some libraries contain functions like "tzset()" to set the time
zone. That stuff existed before C++ so it's an anachronism really.

It's better to write conditional code for every platform (operating system)
you want to support and use the platform's specific time zone function which
you find in the OS's programming documentation.

I hope that helps.

Regards,
Ekkehard Morgenstern.