How do I find the current system timezone?

Question

On Linux, I need to find the currently configured timezone as an Olson location. I want my (C or C++) code to be portable to as many Linux systems as possible.

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Answer 1

Here's code that works for most versions of Linux.

#include 
#include 
#include 
#include 
#include 
using namespace std;

void main()
{
    char filename[256];
    struct stat fstat;
    int status;

    status = lstat("/etc/localtime", &fstat);
    if (S_ISLNK(fstat.st_mode))
    {
        cout << "/etc/localtime Is a link" << endl;
        int nSize = readlink("/etc/localtime", filename, 256);
        if (nSize > 0)
        {
            filename[nSize] = 0;
            cout << "    linked filename " << filename << endl;
            cout << "    Timezone " << filename + 20 << endl;
        }
    }
    else if (S_ISREG(fstat.st_mode))
        cout << "/etc/localtime Is a file" << endl;
}