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Re: Time-setting

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.

I'd like to understand why date needs TZ for you and not me, before
trying to explain it in the FAQ.

Thanks,
David


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