[project @ 2002-08-01 12:50:31 by simonpj]

[ghc-base.git] / System / Time.hsc

diff --git a/System/Time.hsc b/System/Time.hsc
index 060b796..bc6bcf9 100644 (file)
--- a/System/Time.hsc
+++ b/System/Time.hsc
@@ -199,6 +199,7 @@ noTimeDiff = TimeDiff 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 -- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 -- getClockTime returns the current time in its internal representation.
 
+getClockTime :: IO ClockTime
 #if HAVE_GETTIMEOFDAY
 getClockTime = do
   allocaBytes (#const sizeof(struct timeval)) $ \ p_timeval -> do
@@ -329,25 +330,30 @@ zone x = do
 # endif /* ! HAVE_TZNAME */
 
 -- Get the offset in secs from UTC, if (struct tm) doesn't supply it. */
-#if defined(mingw32_TARGET_OS)
-#define timezone _timezone
-#endif
-
 # if HAVE_ALTZONE
 foreign import ccall "&altzone"  altzone  :: Ptr CTime
 foreign import ccall "&timezone" timezone :: Ptr CTime
 gmtoff x = do 
   dst <- (#peek struct tm,tm_isdst) x
   tz <- if dst then peek altzone else peek timezone
-  return (fromIntegral tz)
-#  define GMTOFF(x)     (((struct tm *)x)->tm_isdst ? altzone : timezone )
+  return (-fromIntegral tz)
 # else /* ! HAVE_ALTZONE */
+
+#if !defined(mingw32_TARGET_OS)
 foreign import ccall unsafe "timezone" timezone :: Ptr CLong
+#endif
+
 -- Assume that DST offset is 1 hour ...
 gmtoff x = do 
   dst <- (#peek struct tm,tm_isdst) x
   tz  <- peek timezone
-  if dst then return (fromIntegral tz - 3600) else return tz
+   -- According to the documentation for tzset(), 
+   --   http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/007908799/xsh/tzset.html
+   -- timezone offsets are > 0 west of the Prime Meridian.
+   --
+   -- This module assumes the interpretation of tm_gmtoff, i.e., offsets
+   -- are > 0 East of the Prime Meridian, so flip the sign.
+  return (- (if dst then (fromIntegral tz - 3600) else tz))
 # endif /* ! HAVE_ALTZONE */
 #endif  /* ! HAVE_TM_ZONE */