getLocalTime(&local); Definitions of time zones

[rin67630]

Hi

I have a sample ESP32 sketch (Arduino ISP) using

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GetLocalTime(&local);

It uses a definition string for timezones for which I cound not find any documentation:

#define TZ_INFO "MST7MDT6,M3.2.0/02:00:00,M11.1.0/02:00:00" // Americas/Denver

I googled my fingers wound, without success.

What is the valid string for Western Europe?

Thank you

[rin67630]

I finally found it:
W. Europe Standard Time: "WEST-1DWEST-2,M3.5.0/02:00:00,M10.5.0/03:00:00"

https://www.di-mgt.com.au/wclock/tz-syntax.txt
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[WiFive]

https://www.google.com/search?q=zoneinfo

[rin67630]

https://www.google.com/search?q=zoneinfo

Exactly that was not useful to find the solution.
It was not a matter of defining the time zones, but which syntax to use.

[meowsqueak]

https://www.google.com/search?q=zoneinfo

Exactly that was not useful to find the solution.
It was not a matter of defining the time zones, but which syntax to use.

I had the same problem - usually with most environments I'd use TZ="Pacific/Auckland" or sometimes ":Pacific/Auckland", which is what most timezone searches would reveal. But neither of those work here. Somewhere, after an hour of digging, I found I had to use "NZST-12NZDT,M9.5.0,M4.1.0/3". Not exactly obvious but at least it's explicit about daylight savings.

Also, to use UTC, you need to use "UTC0", or gmtime/gmtime_r().

Note that there's a fairly well known memory leak in setenv() which means that if you change timezones repeatedly, which you might do for an application that handles multiple time zones, you'll eventually run out of memory. I'm not sure if the environment is shared between tasks - if not, it might be better to have separate tasks for each timezone. If it is shared, then I'm not sure what the best way to deal with this is. In my case I worked out the difference between the two timezones and used that to calculate the second time.

[waterfox]

Are there any updates to this?
I've also searched how to set up the tz variable. But I only found a few examples.

Is there any possible to set the time with the IANA time zone database?

[markkuk]

The official reference for the TZ setting syntax is in the Single Unix Specification (a.k.a. POSIX) standard: https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9 ... tml#tag_08. See also the GNU libc documentation: https://www.gnu.org/software/libc/manua ... iable.html

[Monteggiack]

The official reference for the TZ setting syntax is in the Single Unix Specification (a.k.a. POSIX) standard: https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9 ... tml#tag_08. See also the GNU libc documentation: https://www.gnu.org/software/libc/manua ... iable.html

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