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From: ditto@cbmvax.UUCP (Michael "Ford" Ditto)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.att,unix-pc.general
Subject: Re: Daylight Savings Time
Summary: "EST5EDT" becomes "EDT4"
Keywords: TZ EDT
Message-ID: <6514@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: 5 Apr 89 20:09:46 GMT
References: <10671@stb.UUCP> <652@icus.islp.ny.us> <143@dftsrv.gsfc.nasa.gov> <1567@lznv.ATT.COM> <1989Apr4.175630.18101@tmsoft.uucp>
Reply-To: ditto@cbmvax.UUCP (Michael "Ford" Ditto)
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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In article <1989Apr4.175630.18101@tmsoft.uucp> woods@tmsoft.UUCP (Greg Woods) writes:
>Just set TZ=EDT4EST (in my case) for the two
>weeks (in your (/etc/rc && /etc/profile) || /etc/TZ || /etc/TIMEZONE,

That should be "EDT4", not "EDT4EST", lest strange things happen at the
end of April (it wouldn't be EST or EDT, but Something Completely
Different).  If you use EDT4, you can change it back at your leisure,
anytime between the start and end of DST.
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