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|    Alan Ianson to Jeff Smith    |
|    TZ or TZUTC environment variable    |
|    17 May 19 12:24:32    |
      MSGID: 1:153/757.0 2da3a8ae       REPLY: 1:282/1031.0 a94878b5       TZUTC: -0700       CHARSET: LATIN-1       > Hello Alan.              >> 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 kludg is correct.              >Maybe as a temp workaround in the script file that starts BBBSD you could do a       >date check.              Yep, I haven't permantly set the environment yet so I guess I should find a way        to do that.              > And when the Daylight Saving dates are reached then the TZ and the TZUTC       > variables could be changed as necessary. For me I would do it via a Bash       > script.              Your TZUTC kludge is also off by an hour so it may be a problem for all BBBS       users.              I think setting TZ=CDT+5 and TZUTC=-0500 would work for you.              --- BBBS/Li6 v4.10 Toy-4        * Origin: The Rusty MailBox - Penticton, BC Canada (1:153/757)       SEEN-BY: 1/123 15/2 57/0 103/705 153/250 154/10 203/0 220/70 221/0       SEEN-BY: 226/17 100 229/354 426 452 1014 240/5832 249/206 317 267/800       SEEN-BY: 280/464 5003 292/854 317/2 3 322/757 342/200 393/68 396/45       SEEN-BY: 423/120 712/848 770/0 1 10 100 330 340 772/0 1 500 2452/250       PATH: 153/757 250 770/1 280/464 229/426           |
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