[Fwd: Re: TimeZone Defaults]

[c0ldbyte]

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On Mon, 11 Apr 2005, Christy Pang wrote:

> c0ldbyte wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 11 Apr 2005, Christy Pang wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -------- Original Message --------
>>> Subject:     Re: TimeZone Defaults
>>> Date:     Mon, 11 Apr 2005 15:05:44 -0400
>>> From:     Christy Pang <christy at borderware.com>
>>> To:     Kurt Miller <truk at optonline.net>
>>> References:     <425AA4DA.8070103 at borderware.com> 
>>> <425AB46B.5040602 at iang.org> <012401c53ec1$c164b4e0$150110ac at focus>
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Kurt Miller wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Is /etc/localtime a symlink? If it is, try copying the tz file
>>>> to /etc/localtime instead.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> It was a symlink. Our /etc file system is a read only file system. But 
>>> even copy the TZ file to /etc/localtime
>>> 
>>> md5 /etc/localtime
>>> MD5 (/etc/localtime) = 370687bb78b74fc4540f6a316d8bca02
>>>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   root at sip-tey 
>>> 2:24pm # md5 /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Toronto
>>> MD5 (/usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Toronto) = 
>>> 370687bb78b74fc4540f6a316d8bca02
>>> 
>>> the result is still wrong, should be *GMT-04:00*
>>> 
>>> $JAVA_HOME/bin/java tztest
>>> 
>>> tz = GMT+04:00
>>> 
>>> Christy
>>> 
>> 
>> So set the correct time zone ?
>
> No.  The /etc/localtime file  is the same as 
> /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Toronto (same md5), the following code
>      TimeZone.getDefault().getID();
> ret. GMT+04:00  instead of GMT-04:00 .
>

Try setting environment variable "TZ" to your correct timezone.
sorry thats what I meant to say the last time but just couldnt
get it out at the moment.

In t,csh(1):
setenv TZ appropriate_tz_here

In sh(1) and equiv:
export TZ='appropriate_tz_here'

TZ is a case sensitive setting as well in both shell environments.
this setting can also be set through login.conf(5) using the (timezone)
environment.

Best of luck.
 	--c0ldbyte

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