GMT information

[mserougi]

Does anyone know where I can find the GMT information in the e680i? Which configuration file contains such information? It's not ezx_system.cfg as I looked there. Ultimately I would need some way to determine the universal time, any ideas?

[blackhawk]

QString s = QString(getenv("TZ"));

In my phone the result is "GMT-7:0:0" (Indonesia). We can extract this info and make time calculation. GMT time = now - 7:0:0.

[mserougi]

yep that's it however here's the string i get:

GMT-2:0:0GMT-3:0:0,M4.5.5/12:0:0,M9.5.5/12:0:0

the phone is set to GMT+2 (cairo) and if i set it to other GMT values (+3 for example) and some country it's the shorter string u mentioned...does the longer string reflect daylight saving or what? coz i should use GMT-3 and not GMT-2 here in cairo at this time; what do u think?

[yaworski]

I think that

M4.5.5/12:0:0,M9.5.5/12:0:0

describes when you should use DST and when not. I think it is something like this:
M4.5.5/12:0:0 = month 4, day 5, something else 5, time 12:00
M9.5.5/12:0:0 just like above but month 9.

Is this somehow similar to time period, when in your country DST is used?

[mserougi]

Yes I guess the months, 4 and 9, relate correctly but not the other numbers. However I'm confused about one thing: it's supposed to be GMT-3 at month 4 and GMT-2 at month 9 (cause it's GMT+3 these days here in cairo), and not the other way around, which is how it looks with that string... I mean if I take the values respectively from that string, it'll be GMT-2:0:0GMT-3:0:0,M4.5.5/12:0:0,M9.5.5/12:0:0

Or is it that I shouldn't be associating like this? Any ideas?

By the way here's the exact DST values here in cairo:
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldcloc...ange.html?n=53

[yaworski]

I think that
GMT-2:0:0GMT-3:0:0,M4.5.5/12:0:0,M9.5.5/12:0:0

is parsed like this:
Use GMT-2:0:0, but when date between M4.5.5/12:0:0 and M9.5.5/12:0:0 use GMT-3:0:0

[mserougi]

yes yes that's exactly it thanks man