pmWhichZone(3)

pmWhichZone3

Return current reporting timezone

C synopsis

#include <pcp/pmapi.h>

int pmWhichZone(char **tz);

cc ... -lpcp

Overview

The current reporting timezone effects the timezone used by pmCtime(3) and pmLocaltime(3).

pmWhichZone returns the handle of the current timezone, as previously established by a call to pmNewZone(3) or pmNewContextZone(3). If the call is successful (i.e. there exists a current reporting timezone) then a non-negative integer is returned and tz is set to point to a static buffer containing the timezone string itself.

Diagnostics

A return value less than zero indicates there is no current reporting timezone.

Releases

8 releases since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); the text changed 5 times.

  1. 5.0
  2. 6.0
  3. 8–10
  4. 11
  5. 12–13
  6. Arch

From pcp 7.2.2-2 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.