localtime question

Simplicus has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

maybe silly of me, but can anyone tell me what the value of $n will represent, below?

@mytime = localtime(time);
$n = $mytime[8];
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the value is given as "$isdst" on the manpage and in Perl in a Nutshell. Can anyone help?
Thanks, S.-

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Re: localtime question by chromatic (Archbishop) on Apr 20, 2000 at 05:27 UTC
Is Daylight Savings Time. 1 (or positive) is true, 0 is false, and negative means unknown. (That's what my manpage says for the system localtime call. Check yours for better details.)	[reply]
RE: Re: localtime question by Simplicus (Monk) on Apr 20, 2000 at 06:42 UTC
Thanks. Boy, do I feel sheepish. bah.	[reply]
RE: localtime question by Anonymous Monk on Apr 20, 2000 at 19:29 UTC
$isdst is true if the specified time occurs during daylight savings time. Mike Schechter	[reply]
RE: localtime question by Anonymous Monk on Apr 20, 2000 at 19:01 UTC
$isdst = Is Daylight Savings Time? 0\|\|1.	[reply]
RE: localtime question by Anonymous Monk on Apr 20, 2000 at 19:51 UTC
dst -> "daylight savings time"	[reply]
RE: localtime question by Anonymous Monk on Apr 20, 2000 at 21:56 UTC
isdst => is daylight savings time (yes/no)	[reply]
RE: localtime question by Anonymous Monk on Apr 20, 2000 at 22:14 UTC
$isdst tells whether or not daylight savings is in effect. I'd bet the return is 1 for yes and 0 for no, but I don't have an interpreter handy to try it out.	[reply]

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