Re^2: TimeZone Error?

Well, no!
This ebay site shows at the same moment the time in Europe and in USA/Pacific,
so there should not be any difference! Beside that, while

$time{brdTi1} = scalar localtime($time{brdSec});
$time{brdTi2} = scalar localtime($time{brdSec}-$time{brdOFF});
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shows exact time for MEZ:

        brdDay  =>      05 Jan 2005
        brdTime  =>     09:50:04
        brdOFF  =>      3600
        brdSec  =>      1104918604
        brdTi1  =>      Wed Jan  5 10:50:04 2005
        brdTi2  =>      Wed Jan  5 09:50:04 2005
        brdTiZo  =>     MEZ
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the same code:

$time{usaTi1} = scalar localtime($time{usaSec});
$time{usaTi2} = scalar localtime($time{usaSec}-$time{usaOFF});
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for PST shows this:

        usaDay  =>      05 Jan 2005
        usaTime  =>     00:50:04
        usaOFF  =>      -28800
        usaSec  =>      1104915004
        usaTi1  =>      Wed Jan  5 09:50:04 2005
        usaTi2  =>      Wed Jan  5 17:50:04 2005
        usaTiZo  =>     PST
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Any Ideas?
Carl

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Re^3: TimeZone Error? by aquarium (Curate) on Jan 05, 2005 at 09:24 UTC
is this ebay website yours or someone elses? it has the wrong concept of timezones if it's only showing an hour difference between MEZ and PST. it's definitely more than an hour time difference between Europe and Central America. the hardest line to type correctly is: stty erase ^H	[reply]
Re^4: TimeZone Error? by Anonymous Monk on Jan 05, 2005 at 12:35 UTC
It is the official ebay time it must not be wrong! Carl	[reply]
Re^4: TimeZone Error? by Anonymous Monk on Jan 07, 2005 at 11:24 UTC
Hi again I found the 'bug' (?): Time::Timezone accepts 'MEZ' which is the German-version of middle european time or 'met' (try:) `$mez = tz_offset('MEZ'); # correct $met = tz_offset('met'); # correct` [download] while parsedate doesn't know 'MEZ' (or 'mez), it gives back gmt when called with ZONE => 'MEZ': `$gmt = parsedate( "$d $t", ZONE => 'MEZ'); #false $met = parsedate( "$d $t", ZONE => 'MET'); #correct` [download] Carl	[reply] [d/l] [select]