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Re: Time-setting
- To: David Starks-Browning <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Subject: Re: Time-setting
- From: "Gerrit P. Haase" <gp at familiehaase dot de>
- Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2001 14:46:58 +0200
- Organization: Esse keine toten Tiere
- References: <3BB5BCE2.6387.332954D@localhost>
- Reply-to: cygwin at cygwin dot com
David Starks-Browning schrieb am 2001-09-29, 12:10:
>On Saturday 29 Sep 01, Gerrit P. Haase writes:
>> >But I don't understand what the point is. What problem does it solve?
>> >I've never set TZ on Win98 or NT, and I don't see any discrepency
>> >between ls -l and Explorer times. So I don't know what to write in
>> >the FAQ.
>>
>> If I run 'date' I get differences without the TZ setting. (I get GMT output
>> vs. CET).
>
>I don't, on neither Win98 nor NT. You don't say what system you're
>using. I am on BST now, which is +0100.
NT 4.0, MESZ (CEST) which is +0200.
>I'd like to understand why date needs TZ for you and not me, before
>trying to explain it in the FAQ.
Gerrit
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