| @node tzname |
| @section @code{tzname} |
| @findex tzname |
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| POSIX specification:@* @url{https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/tzname.html} |
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| Gnulib module: --- |
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| Portability problems fixed by Gnulib: |
| @itemize |
| @end itemize |
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| Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib: |
| @itemize |
| @item |
| This variable is missing on some platforms: |
| IRIX 6.5, mingw. |
| @item |
| The address of this variable is not a compile-time constant on some platforms: |
| Cygwin, mingw. |
| @item |
| Native Windows platforms (mingw, MSVC) support only a subset of time |
| zones supported by GNU or specified by POSIX. @xref{tzset}. |
| @end itemize |
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| A more portable way of getting the time zone abbreviation is to use |
| @code{strftime} with the @code{%Z} format. @xref{strftime}. |
