Subj : TZUTC kludge
To : Alan Ianson
From : Andrew Leary
Date : Wed May 15 2019 06:56 pm
Hello Alan!
15 May 19 13:44, you wrote to all:
AI> I may have stumbled onto the answer.. and I haven't even had a drink
AI> yet today.
LOL...
AI> I now have my TZ variable set to PDT+7 and TZUTC set to -0700 and I
AI> think my TZUTC kludge now says -0700 as it should.
It does.
AI> I'm not sure if that is the correct way to do it but I think my TZUTC
AI> kludge is correct now.. :)
It is, until this fall, when you will need to change it back to -0800 when you
fall back to standard time. There is extended syntax for the TZ environment
variable that allows you to specify when the time springs forward and falls
back. This (if supported by BBBS) would in theory allow you to set it and
forget it, because the software would have all information needed to decide if
you were currently on standard time or daylight savings time.
