DateTime::TimeZone::Local::Unix--3pm

DateTime::TimeZone::LoUser:Contributed Perl DateTime::TimeZone::Local::Unix(3)



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:

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

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

           If this file is a copy of a zoneinfo file, 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.

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

       * /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.

       * /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.

       * /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 AT urth.org>

COPYRIGHT & LICENSE
       Copyright (c) 2003-2007 David Rolsky.  All rights reserved.  This pro-
       gram 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.



perl v5.8.8                       2007-04-07DateTime::TimeZone::Local::Unix(3)