Re: Small timezone bug in KA9Q/SMTPSERV.C

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From: Andrew Benham
Date: Fri, 02 May 1997 00:00

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>The code also fails when the offset from GMT is more than 9
>hours: that is almost at the other end of the world so probably
>not important<g>.

Another problem is that:


>        /* Are we in DST? */
>
>        if (now < dst_start || now >= std_start)
>                return (0);

assumes that   dst_start < std_start   which is only true in the Northern
Hemisphere.

E.g. if DST starts in October, and STD starts in April, then the test goes wrong.


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