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   Message 2,254 of 2,762   
   Alan Ianson to Robert Wolfe   
   TZ or TZUTC environment variable   
   17 May 19 06:56:30   
   
   MSGID: 1:153/757.0 7ae4db78   
   REPLY: 1:116/18.2 0e523b2c   
   TZUTC: -0800   
   CHARSET: LATIN-1   
   >> I've noticed that messages that originate here have a TZUTC kludge that says   
   >>-0800. That is correct for PST but it is PDT now so my TZUTC should be -0700.   
   >> How can I set BBBS to use the correct TZUTC during PDT?   
      
   > One would think that this would be an OS setting and not a setting in the BBS   
   > software itself.  But, I could be wrong though.   
      
   BBBS seems to get the time right ok in Pacific Standard Time. It's when we   
   spring ahead it doesn't change to Pacific Daylight Time. The computers clock   
   does change but the TZUTC: kludge doesn't.   
      
   I have found here that setting the TZ and TZUTC environments is needed, at   
   least in PDT. In my case I set TZ=PDT+7 and TZUTC=-0700 and now my TZUTC kludge   
    is correct.   
      
   --- BBBS/Li6 v4.10 Toy-4   
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