in reply to (MeowChow) Re2: Determining Daylight Savings Time
in thread Determining Daylight Savings Time

You don't have to localize all of %ENV: local $ENV{TZ} = 'GMT';

Please test before posting. Localizing a single %ENV value will not work as expected. 

{
    local $\ = "\n";
    print scalar localtime;
    {
        local $ENV{TZ} = 'GMT';
        print scalar localtime;
    }
    print scalar localtime, ", which is wrong.";
}

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yields: 
Thu May 30 23:19:56 2002
Thu May 30 21:19:56 2002
Thu May 30 21:19:56 2002, which is wrong.

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Update: environment: Debian GNU/Linux sid x86, Perl 5.6.1 

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(MeowChow) Re3: Determining Daylight Savings Time
by MeowChow (Vicar) on May 30, 2002 at 21:39 UTC
    It works on both my OpenBSD and Linux perl 5.6.1 and 5.00503. What platform are you testing on?
      
    {
    local $\ = "\n";
    print scalar localtime;
    {
        local $ENV{TZ} = 'GMT';
        print scalar localtime;
    }
    print scalar localtime, ", which is right.";
}

Thu May 30 16:36:26 2002
Thu May 30 21:36:26 2002
Thu May 30 16:36:26 2002, which is right.

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