Re: TZ variable

From: Green, Simon (Simon.Green@EU.ALTRIA.COM)
Date: Wed Mar 17 2004 - 07:23:39 EST


The "-1" is optional. It just says what the offset is when you
move to BST. There are a few weird places which have a two-hour
change.

All of this is clearly laid out in the AIX manuals.

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kumar, Praveen (cahoot) [mailto:Praveen.Kumar@CAHOOT.COM]
> Sent: 17 March 2004 11:24
> To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
> Subject: TZ variable
>
>
> Hi *,
>         My TZ variable has been set like this
> "GMT0BST-1,M3.5.0/02:00:00,M10.5.0/02:00:00". As per BST my
> TZ should have
> had a value "GMT0BST,M3.5.0/01:00:00,M10.5.0/02:00:00" where the time
> changes from 1:00 clock to 2'0 clock and come back from 2:00
> clock to 1 '0
> clock in october. In the current setting what does this
> GMT0BST-1 signify.


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