// test the systems mktime() function #ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H # include #endif #include #include #include #ifdef HAVE_SYS_TIMEB_H # include # include // for ftime() and struct timeb #endif #ifdef HAVE_UNISTD_H # include // for gettimeofday() #endif #ifdef HAVE_SYS_TIME_H # include // for get/setitimer, gettimeofday, struct timeval #endif #define LST_MAGIC_TIME_1998 890481600 // Fix up timezone if using ftime() long int fix_up_timezone( long int timezone_orig ) { #if !defined( HAVE_GETTIMEOFDAY ) && defined( HAVE_FTIME ) // ftime() needs a little extra help finding the current timezone struct timeb current; ftime(¤t); return( current.timezone * 60 ); #else return( timezone_orig ); #endif } // Return time_t for Sat Mar 21 12:00:00 GMT // // I believe the mktime() has a SYSV vs. BSD behavior difference. // // The BSD style mktime() is nice because it returns its result // assuming you have specified the input time in GMT // // The SYSV style mktime() is a pain because it returns its result // assuming you have specified the input time in your local timezone. // Therefore you have to go to extra trouble to convert back to GMT. // // If you are having problems with incorrectly positioned astronomical // bodies, this is a really good place to start looking. time_t get_start_gmt(int year) { struct tm mt; // For now we assume that if daylight is not defined in // /usr/include/time.h that we have a machine with a BSD behaving // mktime() # if !defined(HAVE_DAYLIGHT) # define MK_TIME_IS_GMT 1 # endif // timezone seems to work as a proper offset for Linux & Solaris # if defined( __linux__ ) || defined( __sun__ ) # define TIMEZONE_OFFSET_WORKS 1 # endif mt.tm_mon = 2; mt.tm_mday = 21; mt.tm_year = year; mt.tm_hour = 12; mt.tm_min = 0; mt.tm_sec = 0; mt.tm_isdst = -1; // let the system determine the proper time zone # if defined( MK_TIME_IS_GMT ) return ( mktime(&mt) ); # else // ! defined ( MK_TIME_IS_GMT ) long int start = mktime(&mt); printf("start1 = %ld\n", start); printf("start2 = %s", ctime(&start)); printf("(tm_isdst = %d)\n", mt.tm_isdst); timezone = fix_up_timezone( timezone ); # if defined( TIMEZONE_OFFSET_WORKS ) printf("start = %ld, timezone = %ld\n", start, timezone); return( start - timezone ); # else // ! defined( TIMEZONE_OFFSET_WORKS ) daylight = mt.tm_isdst; if ( daylight > 0 ) { daylight = 1; } else if ( daylight < 0 ) { printf("OOOPS, problem in fg_time.cxx, no daylight savings info.\n"); } long int offset = -(timezone / 3600 - daylight); printf(" Raw time zone offset = %ld\n", timezone); printf(" Daylight Savings = %d\n", daylight); printf(" Local hours from GMT = %ld\n", offset); long int start_gmt = start - timezone + (daylight * 3600); printf(" March 21 noon (CST) = %ld\n", start); return ( start_gmt ); # endif // ! defined( TIMEZONE_OFFSET_WORKS ) # endif // ! defined ( MK_TIME_IS_GMT ) } int main() { time_t start_gmt; start_gmt = get_start_gmt(98); if ( start_gmt == LST_MAGIC_TIME_1998 ) { #ifdef MK_TIME_IS_GMT printf("mktime() assumes GMT on your system, lucky you!\n"); #else printf("mktime() assumes local time zone on your system, but we can\n"); printf("compensate just fine.\n"); #endif } else { printf("There is likely a problem with mktime() on your system.\n"); printf("This will cause the sun/moon/stars/planets to be in the\n"); printf("wrong place in the sky and the rendered time of day will be\n"); printf("incorrect.\n\n"); printf("Please report this to curt@me.umn.edu so we can work to fix\n"); printf("the problem on your platform.\n"); } }