Re: Timezones on localized windows

Patch applied.  Thanks.

This part of the patch was already in CVS:

    *** 822,829 ****
    --- 822,832 ----
      {
            int                     i;
            char            tzname[128];
    +       char        localtzname[128];
            time_t          t = time(NULL);
            struct tm  *tm = localtime(&t);
    +       HKEY        rootKey;
    +       int         idx;

            if (!tm)

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Magnus Hagander wrote:
> This patch attempts to fix the issue with localized timezones on
> Windows.
>
> Recap: When running on a localized windows version, the timezone name
> returned is also localized, and therefor does not match our lookup
> table.
>
> Solution: The registry contains both the name of the timezone in english
> and the localized name. The patch adds code to scan the registry for the
> localized name and gets the english name from that, and then rescans the
> table.
>
> I have tested this on a Swedish WinXP, and it works without problems.
> The registry layout is the same in Win2k, but I haven't specifically
> tested it. It's also the same on different languages but again only
> Swedish is tested.
>
>
> //Magnus

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