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Hi > In a Unix system (where the epoch is 00:00:00 UTC, January 1, 1970) > running in Rio de Janeiro (which is three hours west of Greenwich), we > have the following examples: > It seems reasonable to assume that the author did not move to another > country between the two examples. :) Thanks for updating that page so swiftly then Roberto, I am sure that paragraph wasnt there the first time I read it tonight. Cough Cough !! Regards Geoff P.S Many thanks for coming up with such an interesting and powerful programming language, I am enjoying learning it. > Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2011 20:35:39 -0300 > From: roberto@inf.puc-rio.br > To: lua-l@lists.lua.org > Subject: Re: os.time() vs. isdst > > > I maintain that is a pretty horrid example for a newbie reading that > > os.date page, as there is no mention of time zone dependancy at that > > point. > > I am not sure what I call "at that point", but there is a clear mention > a couple of paragraphs before: > > In a Unix system (where the epoch is 00:00:00 UTC, January 1, 1970) > running in Rio de Janeiro (which is three hours west of Greenwich), we > have the following examples: > > It seems reasonable to assume that the author did not move to another > country between the two examples. > > -- Roberto > |