From: Green, Simon (Simon.Green@EU.ALTRIA.COM)
Date: Thu Feb 26 2004 - 04:59:35 EST
I believe that for you, PST8PDT is sufficient. (Although in my recent
research into timezones I found that there are a few states where there are
some weird exceptions.)
When I code it, I don't normally specify the offset for DST. However, if
you wanted to do so it would be PST8PDT9,M4.1.0/02:00:00,M10.5.0/02:00:00,
(the minutes and seconds are optional). I think!
It's easy to check, because you can just set it in your own shell and run a
date command to see what you get. e.g. export TZ=PST8PDT9,M2.1.0,M10.5.0.
That will give you - and you alone! - an effective DST starting at the
beginning of Feb, so you'll be able to confirm that the ...PDT9... bit does
what you want.
-- Simon Green Altria ITSC Europe Ltd AIX-L Archive at https://new-lists.princeton.edu/listserv/aix-l.html New to AIX? http://publib-b.boulder.ibm.com/redbooks.nsf/portals/UNIX N.B. Unsolicited email from vendors will not be appreciated. Please post all follow-ups to the list. > -----Original Message----- > From: Adams Kevin J [mailto:kevin.adams@PHS.COM] > Sent: 25 February 2004 19:20 > To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU > Subject: Re: DST Changes > > > I'm confused. > > If I change the TZ using smitty chtz, and then select "yes" for "use > daylight savings time?", and then select "PST8PDT" for > pacific US, according > to the help for each additional option, all I have to do is leave all > options blank since I'm in the US and the defaults are correct? > > That leaves me with 'TZ=PST8PDT" in the environment file. So > this is enough > to handle daylight savings time? > > If I wanted to hardcode it, I'm not sure how to answer "Day > Light Savings > Time Offset from CUT"? The help says "If the field is blank, > the value will > match the default value, which is one hour ahead of the > standard time." > > Would it simply be +01, so hardcoded it would be > "TZ=PST8PDT+01,M4.1.0/02,M10.5.0/02"? > > The above value would be equal to TZ=PST8PDT in the US?
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