Re: [bidwatcher-devel] fix for DST problem

[Kevin D. <ke...@ph...>]

Thanks nao.  I'll give this a try when I get a chance.



On Sun, 22 Jun 2003 10:05:28 +0900 (JST)
nao <na...@to...> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I made a patch which fixes the DST problem. The idea is quite simple:
> assume DST if eBay says so. Pached bidwatcher works GREAT for me.
> 
> Enjoy!
> 
> Naoki Hamada
> na...@to...
> 
> diff -u bidwatcher-1.3.8/bidwatcher.cpp bidwatcher-work/bidwatcher.cpp
> --- bidwatcher-1.3.8/bidwatcher.cpp	Tue May 27 09:26:15 2003
> +++ bidwatcher-work/bidwatcher.cpp	Sun Jun 15 08:51:35 2003
> @@ -191,6 +191,8 @@
>  
>  gint errorstat_timeout;
>  
> +bool dst=FALSE;
> +
>  void DoEmail(char *name, char *auctionid);
>  static void deleteitem_handler(GtkMenuItem *MenuItem, gpointer data);
>  static void flush_handler(GtkMenuItem *MenuItem, gpointer data);
> @@ -4285,11 +4287,8 @@
>  #error "Don't know how to get current timezone!"
>  #endif
>    
> -  // ebay is GMT-8hrs
> -  // BUT -7 during PDT! so this is a poor assumption.
> -  // (so if you are off by an hour in bw, try setting 8 to 7.)
> -  // How do we know when DST is in effect?
> -  local_timeDiff = -8*60*60 - gmt_time;  // get real diff
> +  // ebay is GMT-8hrs, BUT -7 during PDT!
> +  local_timeDiff = (dst?(-7):(-8))*60*60 - gmt_time;  // get real
> diff
>  
>    showStatus("");
>    
> diff -u bidwatcher-1.3.8/bidwatcher.h bidwatcher-work/bidwatcher.h
> --- bidwatcher-1.3.8/bidwatcher.h	Tue May 27 09:26:34 2003
> +++ bidwatcher-work/bidwatcher.h	Sun Jun 15 08:46:06 2003
> @@ -386,6 +386,8 @@
>  extern struct auctioninfo * auction[MAXAUCS+1];
>  extern string30 auctionlist[MAXAUCS + 1];
>  
> +extern bool dst;
> +
>  
>  /* so many return codes! */
>  #define ERROR -1
> diff -u bidwatcher-1.3.8/helpers.cpp bidwatcher-work/helpers.cpp
> --- bidwatcher-1.3.8/helpers.cpp	Sun May 25 15:05:21 2003
> +++ bidwatcher-work/helpers.cpp	Sun Jun 15 08:57:53 2003
> @@ -1364,6 +1364,7 @@
>     else if (strcmp("Nov", chMonth) == 0) ebay_time.tm_mon = 10;
>     else ebay_time.tm_mon = 11;
>     ebay_time.tm_year = atoi(chYear) - 1900;
> +   if (strcmp("PDT", scratch) == 0) dst = TRUE ;
>  
>     time_t theTime = mktime(&ebay_time) - new_time_t;
>  
> 
> 
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