Re: TZ variable

From: Kumar, Praveen (cahoot) (Praveen.Kumar@CAHOOT.COM)
Date: Wed Mar 17 2004 - 07:43:16 EST

Thanx for all the info Simon. I have gone through manuals and even tested
it in on one of my mahcines.

Cheers
Praveen.K

-----Original Message-----
From: Green, Simon [mailto:Simon.Green@EU.ALTRIA.COM]
Sent: 17 March 2004 12:24
To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
Subject: Re: TZ variable

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.
.sophos.3.79.03.16.
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