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DST change handling in a daemon process (*NIX)

In a *NIX environment, if I have a 24x7 running application, how do I handle DST changes? I am looking for a solution for my app written in C/C++.

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Why would a deamon use anything else that UTC time?

AProgrammer  2010-03-15 08:40:47
I guess i didnt have the right mind set!The reason why I asked was, some of the third party library (not OSS) I have been using is having strange behaviour when the DST changes! So I was messing around to see if I can do anything about it.
CodeMedic  2010-03-15 08:48:49
Try so set things up so that it uses the "C" locale (environment variable LC_ALL set to C)
AProgrammer  2010-03-15 09:04:06
@AProgrammer: Super! Thanks.
CodeMedic  2010-03-15 12:24:26

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