Re: setting the timezone with TZ env var
Sven Guckes <[email protected]>
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* John E. Davis <[email protected]> [2008-08-29 16:43]: > Sven Guckes <[email protected]> wrote: > > Additional Comment #1 From Ulrich Drepper 2007-10-16 05:44 > > > > No, /etc/localtime is not touched too often. All the time functions are > > required to check TZ all the time. Missing that envvar, /etc/localtime is used. > > People who move laptops from one timezone to the other appreciate that. > > If this is no problem of yours just set TZ to /etc/localtime and all this will stop. > > > > so... setting it how exactly? example? > > See <http://www.gnu.org/software/libtool/manual/libc/TZ-Variable.html>. i understand that *not* using a filename which specifies a timezone will do. so - as my timezone is "CEST" the following *should* work, right? $ TZ=CEST slrn Sven ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/