cygwin date problem

[Earnie Boyd]

David Filion wrote:
> 
> On my system, the date/time is 2001-01-10 14:57.  However under Cygwin it's Wed
> Jan 10 19:59:33  2001.
> 

Let me guess, you're in the EST timezone.

> What's causing the difference (timezone ?) and how can I fix it.  I get an error
> using the date command:
> 

It must be something set with the bowels of Win32.  However, you can
`export TZ=EST5EDT' (if that is your timezone) and get the correct time
from date.

Cheers,
Earnie.

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