Syncing a handhelds time

[Mike Margerum]

I realize this is a conduit question but there doesn't seem to be much 
activity over there and i'm getting desperate for an answer.  I'm trying 
to synchronize the palms time with the pc if they differ by more than 10 
minutes.  im using the SyncReadDateTime and SyncWriteDateTime which seem 
to be a bit buggy with regards to daylight savings time.  So I allow 70 
minutes difference now before setting the palms time which is fine.  it 
doesnt have to be perfect.

The other problem im having is when the handheld and pc have different 
time zones. 

1. is there any way for me to tell if the palm and pc are running with 
two different times zones? 

2. How do I get the times to both match so I can compare them properly 
and how should I then prepare the pc time_t to be written to the palm 
date time if I need to change the palm time.   Is the palms  dateTime 
always in UTC?

I tried using
       putenv("TZ=UTC");
       tzset();
but then the time I write back to the palm gets set to UTC but the time 
zone  stays "eastern"

Thanks for the help,
Mike




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