Mark writes:

localtime() in the C library might work, though you pass it the number of
seconds since the epoch, and the timezone comes from the TZ environment
variable:

http://docs.hp.com/cgi-bin/doc3k/B3002690004.12349/118

I have no clue about calling C library functions from SPLASH! or Business
Basic.

and Ken writes:

There is a localtime() function.  You would have to call putenv before and
after if you want to use a different timezone.  I don't know about calling
these functions from Splash.


Mark and Ken:

Thanks to both of you!  I'll have to dig into localtime(), time, and putenv
a bit.  It looks like I'll have to play with calling them from SPLASH! too.

One more question.  TZTAB.LIB.SYS on MPE is a human-readable file.  I
noticed in poking around on the web that on many (most?) Unix and Linux
systems, there is a plain text file and then there is a binary file
"compiled" from the plain text file.  Does MPE have the equivalent binary
or "compiled" version of the TZTAB.LIB.SYS file?  If so, what utility do I
need to use to compile my own version?

Thanks,

John

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