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From: dorner@pequod.cso.uiuc.edu (Steve Dorner)
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Subject: Re: time zones
Keywords: time zone setting next
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Date: 7 Jun 89 13:01:30 GMT
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In article <5139@pt.cs.cmu.edu> avie@wb1.cs.cmu.edu (Avadis Tevanian) writes:
>In 1.0, Preferences will allow you to set the timezone in a MUCH more
>user-friendly way.

Does anybody besides me think that all the system-wide stuff that
preferences lets you set ought to be accessible only to super-users?
To wit:

1) system date and time
2) time zone (when incorporated)
3) boot device

I for one am tired of changing the time on my system back to what it
ought to be...

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