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utcsrgv!utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!ihnss!cbosg!cbosgd!mark
Mon Mar  1 23:00:54 1982
ftime bug in released netnews
From: mark (Mark Horton)
This bug only affects USG systems.  There is an obscure difference
between the semantics of time zones in USG and V7 systems - USG
systems measure them in seconds west of GMT, V7 measures them in
minutes west of GMT.

The symptom of this bug is reportedly that articles don't expire
on time.  The fix is a one line change to ftime.c.
*** newsdist/src/ftime.c	Mon Mar  1 09:59:03 1982
--- news/ftime.c	Mon Mar  1 22:58:25 1982
***************
*** 20,25
  	time(&t);
  	tp->time = t;
  	tp->millitm = 0;
! 	tp->timezone = timezone;
  	tp->dstflag = daylight;
  }

--- 20,25 -----
  	time(&t);
  	tp->time = t;
  	tp->millitm = 0;
! 	tp->timezone = timezone/60;
  	tp->dstflag = daylight;
  }

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