I joined the list now, so no more need for copies. :-) On Mon, Sep 02, 2002 at 05:02:23PM +0200, Daniel Glöckner wrote: > No, the code for tm_gmtoff is correct. It adds an hour to the negative > offset in summer. So the offset is the same as in winter.
> The code for the global timezone variable is wrong because it adds an > hour although timezone is not affected by DST. I see. So now Licq says my timezone is GMT+000, which is the correct non-DST timezone. As a side effect, the send-message window now has the correct time for another user in GB (who also has timezone set to GMT+000) and also for another user in California (who has timezone set to GMT-800). However, this does seem like a little bit of a lie, since GB is actually GMT+100 and California is GMT-700. Unfortunately I don't know the ICQ number of anyone in Arizona or Indiana, which do not observe daylight savings, but it seems like (l)icq would get those cases wrong now. Not to mention Australia or New Zealand, which have daylight savings time in what we would think of as Winter... Not that I have any idea how this is all supposed to work. > I think it's easier to always use the non DST offset, because it avoids > some cornercases (27th October...). I would say those corner cases are more difficult using the non-DST offset, because now if it happens that we in GB put our clocks back say a week earlier than the USA, the time at the top of the send-message window will go back an hour even though the user within USA hasn't put her clock back yet. Whereas if we had accurate timezone information then the localtime() function would take care of all that... Unfortunately, we have only as much information as the ICQ server tells us, which may not be enough information to get it right. I know nothing of either the old or new ICQ protocol so can't say how it should be done. > What does the Windows client? Er... don't know as I try to avoid Windows. <g> imc ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: OSDN - Tired of that same old cell phone? Get a new here for FREE! https://www.inphonic.com/r.asp?r=sourceforge1&refcode1=vs3390 _______________________________________________ Licq-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/licq-devel
