On Fri, Dec 24, 2004 at 12:07:35PM +0100, Alexander Fuchs wrote:

> Form the manual:
> 
> gmtime : Assumes UTC (Coordinated Universal Time), also known as GMT.
> 
> mktime : The tm argument is interpreted in the local time zone.
> 
> So, actually you compare GMT with your local time zone, which in my case 
> (Germany) returns 0 for the above example.
> 
> 
> Try localtime instead of gmtime:
> 
> localtime : Assumes the local time zone.
> 
Great, thank you. Now it works as expected.

ermine