15 Feb
2005
15 Feb
'05
5:20 a.m.
Ashley Yakeley wrote:
No, a CalendarTime without a time zone would simply be a local time. It would not correspond to any particular absolute time.
Linux systems can (and a lot do) have their system type (in the hardware clock) set to GMT. Localtime is calculated from the timezone when you call the gettimeofday function. This in IMHO is much better than windows broken system of actualy moving the clock forwards and back for daylight-savings. This does mean that the above assumption could be wrong on linux, where the default with no timezone could be GMT. Keean