> the reason for the confusion, is that the localtime > applies the offset before applying the dstpairs. > (/sys/src/libc/port/ctime.c) i belive i tripped on this > when i did the work for the us zones.
Why this somewhat obscure format? Raw epoch (GMT) time() values seem to be the obvious choice here. Anyway, trying to sort this out is making me dizzy. And now that April is almost here it's going to solve itself anyway :-P