DateTime::TimeZone::Local::Unix.3pm

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Version: 2008-01-15 (mandriva - 01/05/08)

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NAME

DateTime::TimeZone::Local::Unix - Determine the local system's time zone on Unix

SYNOPSIS

   my $tz = DateTime::TimeZone->new( name => 'local' );
 
   my $tz = DateTime::TimeZone::Local->TimeZone();

DESCRIPTION

This module provides methods for determining the local time zone on a Unix platform.

HOW THE TIME ZONE IS DETERMINED

This class tries the following methods of determining the local time zone:
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$ENV{TZ}

It checks $ENV{TZ} for a valid time zone name.

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/etc/localtime

If this file is a symlink to an Olson database time zone file (usually in /usr/share/zoneinfo) then it uses the target file's path to determine the time zone name.

If reading the symlink fails for some reason, or if this file is not a symlink, it looks for a file that matches this file in /usr/share/zoneinfo. If it finds one, it uses that file's path to determine the time zone name.

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/etc/timezone

If this file exists, it is read and its contents are used as a time zone name.

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/etc/TIMEZONE

If this file exists, it is opened and we look for a line starting like ``TZ = ...''. If this is found, it should indicate a time zone name.

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/etc/sysconfig/clock

If this file exists, it is opened and we look for a line starting like ``TIMEZONE = ...'' or ``ZONE = ...''. If this is found, it should indicate a time zone name.

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/etc/default/init

If this file exists, it is opened and we look for a line starting like ``TZ=...''. If this is found, it should indicate a time zone name.

AUTHOR

Dave Rolsky, <autarch@urth.org> Copyright (c) 2003-2007 David Rolsky. All rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

The full text of the license can be found in the LICENSE file included with this module.