flinton@eagle.wesleyan.edu (04/13/90)
In article <1990Apr9.105204.25971@bhpese.oz.au>, Sm@bhpese.oz.au (Scott Merrilees) writes in regard to time-and-timezone setting on 3b2's: > I was looking thru my V.3.1.1 Admin Manual last Saturday nite, looking for > stuff I didn't know, & found timezone(4), which describes how to set up the > TZ variable to allow you to specify when the changes take place. The > examples given were for New Jersey > > TZ=EST5EDT or, the equivalent complex version for 1986 > TZ="EST5:00:00EDT4:00:00;117/2:00:00,299/2:00:00" > So: Should this probably work on the 7300/UNIX-pc/3b1 too? -- Fred <flinton@eagle.Wesleyan.EDU> [PS: BTW, > The book was: > AT&T 3B2 Computer, UNIX (R) System V Release 3 > System Administrator's Reference Manual > 305-570 Issue 1, (C) 1987 AT&T ]
dave) (04/14/90)
In article <17017@eagle.wesleyan.edu>, flinton@eagle.wesleyan.edu writes: > > TZ=EST5EDT or, the equivalent complex version for 1986 > > TZ="EST5:00:00EDT4:00:00;117/2:00:00,299/2:00:00" > > > So: Should this probably work on the 7300/UNIX-pc/3b1 too? My personal experience has proved that the UNIX-pc chokes on the complex TZ variable. The simple TZ will work if you patch your system with the program that Leni reposted. DAS -- David Snyder Home: dave@das13.UUCP (das13!dave) Work: das@trac2000.UUCP (trac2000!das) The ideal situation is to have real computing power close at hand - right at home. Something that dims streetlights and shrinks the picture on the neighbors TV when you crank it up.