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dave_c wrote:

>When executing this code in Borland C++Builder 6 and Codegear C++Builder
>  2007 I get different results:
>
>C++Builder 6:
>14:24:40 (1205501080) dst=0
>
>C++Builder 2007:
>14:24:40 (1205497480) dst=1

The values you show are the same.
Only difference is the DST adjustment.

Just guessing here...
When BCB6 was written, DST started in April.
RAD2007 has been patched to understand that DST started
last week, and may change on the whim of the powers that be.

>So the result (in local time) is the same, but I'm using the value from
>time(0) (which in this case is 1205501080 or 1205497480) to do
>calculations compared to a time I receive from an external DLL. in
>C++Builder 6 the time calculation was correct, but in C++ Builder 2007 I
>get calculation errors of 3600 seconds.

If you want to compare the times, use a time comparison
function, or manually adjust using the tm_isdst flag.

   long t1 = time(0);
   long t2 = DLLtime();

   long diff1 = difftime( t1, t2 );


#define ADJUST( t ) (t.tm_isdst>0?3600:0)

   long t1 = time(0);
   long t2 = DLLtime();
   struct tm ptime1 = *localtime(&t1);
   struct tm ptime2 = *localtime(&t2);

   long diff2 = (t1-ADJUST(time1)) - (t2-ADJUST(time2)) ;

>It seems that the time(0) function in C++Builder 2007 seems to return
>the local time, instead of the GMT time?

No, localtime(&t) returns local time.
Try gmtime(&t)