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From: mjb@hoosier.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Daylight Savings Time and my 3b2
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Date: Tue, 7-Apr-87 11:35:53 EST
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In article <4647@jhunix.UUCP> mwh@jhunix.UUCP (Michael Hrybyk) writes:
>to the following now
>
>TZ=EDT4
>export TZ
>
>and change it back to normal on the last weekend in April, as follows
>
>These commands should be put in /etc/profile, or something that is
>sourced from that script, such as /etc/TIMEZONE.
>
>mwh

Actually, you don't have to change it back until october, as long as it is
before the daylight rules end.  Also, on our HP-UX systems, which are
derived from SYS V, the files /etc/{rc, profile, csh.login, inittab} all
have explicit refs to the TZ var.  What a pain!

mjb.

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