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From: Bernie <bfb@worldnet.att.net>
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Subject: Re: Date Bug?
Date: Thu, 07 May 1998 05:22:08 +0000
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dold@04.usenet.us.com wrote:
> : Bernie <bfb@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
> : : There's a 4 hour discrepancy between the date in C-Kermit
> : : 6.0.192 and my linux box. Below is the date command issued
> : : from C-Kermit and then the command line.
>
> : : C-Kermit@localhost> date
> : : Wed May 6 03:59:03 1998
>
> : : C-Kermit@localhost> qui
> : : /home/super/kermit> date
> : : Tue May 5 23:59:08 EDT 1998
> Frank da Cruz (fdc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu) wrote:
>
> : I've never seen this before. C-Kermit gets the date and time
> : (as you might expect) by asking the operating system. The
>
> In Unix, the time is kept as GMT, which, with Daylight Savings, is the four
> hour difference from EDT that you are seeing.
>
> I suspect that your TZ variable is not being exported to subsequent shells.
> Usually in either /etc/profile or /ect/TZ, your local timezone will be set,
> and exported.
>
> You should see the same effect by entering an editor and invoking date from
> within the editor.
>
> Or, run "env" from the command line, look for TZ, "sh" to invoke a
> sub-shell, and "env" again.
>
> for a bourne sh, the command would look like
> TZ=PST8PDT export TZ
>
> Actually, there is a much fancier new setting for SVR4, but I forget what
> it is. Linux might adhere to the new standard.
>
> --
> ---
> Clarence A Dold - dold@network.rahul.net
> - Pope Valley & Napa CA.
Yes, I had my TZ environment variable set to EDT to correct
a bug with BRU2000.
-Thanks