Re: Changing TimeZone

[Roberto Quijalvo <Bert.Quijalvo@East>]

I made this change to my .profile.user file (appended it to the end of the file) 
(korn shell):

export TZ=EST5EDT

of course if you're Pacific Time Zone, it'll look like:

export TZ=PST8PDT

Bert


> From: Amod Patwardhan <Amod.Patwardhan@Eng>
> Subject: Re: Changing TimeZone
> To: joeh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Markku.Niku@Sweden
> Cc: pilotmgr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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> > 
> > Propably your perl is old or your pilotmanager is old (or both).
> > Don't try to fix the timezone. Idon't know if it was the cause
> > but anyhow I managed to crash my whole calender database (90%
> > of appointments disappeared!).
> > 
> > rgds Markku, Sun Sweden (MET<>GMT-2)
> 
> 
> This is not true. I'm running Perl 5.004, with PilotMgr 1.106, and have 
> the same problem.
> 
> Personally, this error is very annoying; as I'd rather have a 
> slightly-off schedule in my Pilot than lose the ability to Sync my 
> schedule altogether. Now I'm at the mercy of convincing someone in 
> IT/ENS to change the time zone description on my machine. They are 
> either not buying the reason for my request, or will get around to it 
> "eventually". I don't have the time to be haggling with them about 
> this. At the moment, since I can't sync: I'm screwed.
> 
> Any suggestions would be appreciated.
> 
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