From: dbb@unislc.uucp (Doug Beattie) Subject: Re: Date command only uses GMT Date: Fri, 2 Apr 1993 06:29:45 GMT
In article <1pdm69INNsnp@crcnis1.unl.edu> jbettis@cse.unl.edu (Jeremy Bettis) writes:
>I have been unable to get the date command to display the correct timezone.
>I edited the /etc/login.defs file and set the ENV_TZ variable. Now TZ is set
>to CST6CDT like it ought to be but date still prints out GMT, if I change TZ
>while logged in, date still prints GMT. It is local time, but reported as
>GMT. I am running .99pl6 of SLS 7 Mar 93. I have not seen any mention of
>this problem with the date command in the last month in this newsgroup. Now
>I could live with an incorrect timezone on my system, but I don't think that
>USENET news can.
>--
>Jeremy Bettis -*- Jerbo Jehoshaphat -*- University of Nebraska
>INET: jbettis@cse.unl.edu "Those who stand in the middle of the
>UUCP: jerbo@tddi.UUCP are often hit by passing cars."
Look at the infor in /usr/lib/zoneinfo, I believe. There is a .doc file
which tell how to set up for the various zone around the world.
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