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Re: [MiNT] timezone change



Q-Funk wrote:

> > time, but the RTC runs in UTC - it is just a matter of
> > determining the offset between localtime and UTC one during
> > startup and adding/subtracting that offset on all XBIOS time
> > calls.
> 
> That would not really solve the problem, because the RTC chip
> would be in UTC instead of localtime; reboot in single-TOS to use
> Calamus or MIDI apps and your timestamps are not in localtime
> anymore.

You should read more carefully - this patch will actually *really* solve the problem, because GEMDOS now will have local time instead of UTC. Also, you won't have to deal with DST under TOS/MagiC anymore.

Jo Even Skarstein