Posted by John Gordon on 06/14/07 16:08

In <5a2dncC2kf9GM-3bnZ2dnUVZ_gCdnZ2d@giganews.com> "David T. Ashley" <dta@e3ft.com> writes:

> How do I enumerate all possible timezones from a PHP script or compiled 'C'
> program?

Most websites I've seen just give the user 24 possible choices, for the
24 commonly-used time zones.

> Given a specific timezone, how do I get the time adjustment from UTC (which
> can vary, based on daylight savings rules)?

Most systems should have a localtime() function which calculates that for
you automatically.

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