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  12. Date:         Mon, 27 Jul 92 02:07:11 +0930
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  15. From:         Rollo.Ross@LEVELS.UNISA.EDU.AU
  16. Subject:      Problem with timezone names
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  21.         PMDF_STARTUP (in 4.1) overrides the site's specification for
  22. PMDF_TIMEZONE if MULTINET_TIMEZONE is defined:
  23.  
  24. $ if f$logical("MULTINET_TIMEZONE") .nes. "" then -
  25.   pmdf_define/exec/nolog pmdf_timezone "''f$logical("MULTINET_TIMEZONE")'"
  26.  
  27.         (Similarly for JAN_TIME_ZONE.) Unfortunately, it then makes
  28. unwarranted assumptions about what MULTINET_TIMEZONE means. In South
  29. Australia, the appropriate value for MULTINET_TIMEZONE is "CST". PMDF
  30. assumes that this means -0600, and constructs a Date header like this:
  31.  
  32. Date: 27 Jul 1992 01:07:54 -0600 (CST)
  33.  
  34.         However, in this country CST means +0930. Could PMDF_STARTUP please be
  35. changed so that it only uses the value of MULTINET_TIMEZONE if PMDF_TIMEZONE
  36. is not defined? Then our carefully-chosen *unambiguous* timezone will not be
  37. overidden.
  38.  
  39.                                     Rollo Ross, Network Manager (CLW campuses)
  40.  
  41. Computer Centre,  University of South Australia, The Levels, SA 5095, Australia
  42. Ph +61 8 302 3158 Fax 302 3385 DTE 505282622004  Rollo.Ross@Levels.UniSA.Edu.Au
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