From 2d8ad2f6471994f907f7a7e6e5a39c15509daa42 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: oetiker <oetiker@a5681a0c-68f1-0310-ab6d-d61299d08faa>
Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2002 18:47:46 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] explain tzset

git-svn-id: svn://svn.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/trunk@155 a5681a0c-68f1-0310-ab6d-d61299d08faa
---
 program/bindings/perl-shared/RRDs.pm | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/program/bindings/perl-shared/RRDs.pm b/program/bindings/perl-shared/RRDs.pm
index 2cd33703..6146e43b 100644
--- a/program/bindings/perl-shared/RRDs.pm
+++ b/program/bindings/perl-shared/RRDs.pm
@@ -111,6 +111,17 @@ integers, a pointer to an array and a pointer to a array of pointers.
 
 See the examples directory for more ways to use this extension.
 
+=head1 NOTE
+
+If you are manipulating the TZ variable you should also call the posixs
+function tzset to initialize all internal state of the library for properly
+operating in the timezone of your choice.
+
+ use POSIX qw(tzset);
+ $ENV{TZ} = 'CET';   
+ POSIX::tzset();     
+
+
 =head1 AUTHOR
 
 Tobias Oetiker E<lt>oetiker@ee.ethz.chE<gt>
-- 
2.30.2