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.TH PMNEWZONE 3 "PCP" "Performance Co-Pilot"
.SH NAME
\f3pmNewZone\f1 \- establish a reporting timezone
.SH "C SYNOPSIS"
.ft 3
#include <pcp/pmapi.h>
.sp
int pmNewZone(const char *\fItz\fP);
.sp
cc ... \-lpcp
.ft 1
.SH DESCRIPTION
The current reporting timezone affects the timezone used by
.BR pmCtime (3)
and
.BR pmLocaltime (3).
.PP
The argument
.I tz
defines a timezone string, in the format described for the
.B TZ
environment variable, see
.BR environ (5).
.PP
.B pmNewZone
sets the current reporting timezone, and returns a value that may be
used in a subsequent call to
.BR pmUseZone (3)
to restore this reporting timezone.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR PMAPI (3),
.BR pmCtime (3),
.BR pmGetConfig (3),
.BR pmLocaltime (3),
.BR pmNewContextZone (3),
.BR pmUseZone (3),
.BR pmWhichZone (3),
.BR pcp.conf (5),
.BR pcp.env (5)
and
.BR environ (5).
.SH DIAGNOSTICS
A return value less than zero indicates a fatal error from a system call,
most likely
.BR malloc (3C).