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This seems to be a simple RTFM issue to me: POSIX specifies that gmtime() uses UTC and localtime() uses current timezone. Using gmtime() would implement the desired behaviour without any need to hardcode environment variables.

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...which fixes all the code you wrote, but of course, you may have legacy binaries that you don't have access to source to change... hence a simple setting of an environment variable, hardcoded though it may be, fixes the situation for all.

Though PeterWillis makes a good point akin to yours, and your (plural) point does make sense.

(Edit: added mention of comment with additional background on why to avoid hardcoding the variable)

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