Kjetil Torgrim Homme wrote:
[ned(_dot_)freed(_at_)mrochek(_dot_)com]:
actually, with ${timezone} available, the fallback can be implemented
by the user. we simply need to mandate that the time offset syntax is
supported as a valid "time zone".
setdate "US-Eastern";
if not string "${timezone}" "US-Eastern" {
setdate "-0500";
}
Isn't "X/Y", as in "US/Eastern", the accepted format for compound
timezone names?
Question:
Should the date variables ALWAYS be preset without executing the setdate
command?
Other languages have benefitted from namespaces. It might be worthwhile
exploring that concept, particularly if there are preset variables. For
example, instead of the preset variable name ${year}, you'd instead have
${time.year}. Thoughts?
Tony Hansen
tony(_at_)att(_dot_)com