Time-setting

[Gerrit P. Haase]

David Starks-Browning schrieb am 2001-09-29, 12:10:

>On Saturday 29 Sep 01, Gerrit P. Haase writes:
>> >But I don't understand what the point is.  What problem does it solve?
>> >I've never set TZ on Win98 or NT, and I don't see any discrepency
>> >between ls -l and Explorer times.  So I don't know what to write in
>> >the FAQ.
>> 
>> If I run 'date' I get differences without the TZ setting. (I get GMT output
>> vs. CET).
>
>I don't, on neither Win98 nor NT.  You don't say what system you're
>using.  I am on BST now, which is +0100.

NT 4.0, MESZ (CEST) which is +0200.

>I'd like to understand why date needs TZ for you and not me, before
>trying to explain it in the FAQ.

Gerrit


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