From: "John Korb" <[log in to unmask]>
> Question 1:
> Is TZTAB replaced by patches or when a new version of MPE is installed?
> Since some of the time zones I need to accommodate are not listed in the
> TZTAB file, I'll need to add entries for them.  If there is a significant
> risk that the TZTAB file will be replaced by HP, I'll need to make sure my
> customized file "replaces" the HP file on a daily basis before
> production.  However, I'll also need to capture the new HP supplied file
> when it appears.
>

You have to presume yes.

> Question 2:
> Is there a C library procedure (or Intrinsic that I've missed) that I can
> call from SPLASH! (or Business Basic) that lets me pass a TZ value to it
> (ex. "EST5EDT" or "HST10"), and it returns the current hour (24 hour
> format) in the specified time zone?


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.

You should note that time zones may differ by half-hours as well as hours.

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