Subj : TZ or TZUTC environment variable
To   : Jeff Smith
From : Alan Ianson
Date : Fri May 17 2019 12:24 pm

> Hello Alan.

>> BBBS seems to get the time right ok in Pacific Standard Time. It's when we
>> spring ahead it doesn't change to Pacific Daylight Time. The computers clock
>>does change but the TZUTC: kludge doesn't. I have found here that setting the
>> TZ and TZUTC environments is needed, at least in PDT. In my case I set
>> TZ=PDT+7 and TZUTC=-0700 and now my TZUTC kludg is correct.

>Maybe as a temp workaround in the script file that starts BBBSD you could do a
>date check.

Yep, I haven't permantly set the environment yet so I guess I should find a way
 to do that.

> And when the Daylight Saving dates are reached then the TZ and the TZUTC
> variables could be changed as necessary. For me I would do it via a Bash
> script.

Your TZUTC kludge is also off by an hour so it may be a problem for all BBBS
users.

I think setting TZ=CDT+5 and TZUTC=-0500 would work for you.

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