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-rw-r--r--libraries/base/System/Time.hsc6
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/libraries/base/System/Time.hsc b/libraries/base/System/Time.hsc
index 6d8a800584..3df3091c25 100644
--- a/libraries/base/System/Time.hsc
+++ b/libraries/base/System/Time.hsc
@@ -348,6 +348,12 @@ foreign import ccall unsafe "timezone" timezone :: Ptr CLong
gmtoff x = do
dst <- (#peek struct tm,tm_isdst) x
tz <- peek timezone
+#if defined(mingw32_TARGET_OS)
+ -- According to the MSVC documentation for _tzset, _timezone is > 0
+ -- for locations west of the Prime Meridian. Code elsewhere in this
+ -- module assume that >0 gmt offsets means east, so flip the sign.
+ tz <- return (-tz)
+#endif
if dst then return (fromIntegral tz - 3600) else return tz
# endif /* ! HAVE_ALTZONE */
#endif /* ! HAVE_TM_ZONE */