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From: guy@auspex.auspex.com (Guy Harris)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: how to set timezone in BSD
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Date: 22 Feb 90 23:24:09 GMT
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>How do you set the timezone on a BSD system?  It defaults to Pacific
>time.
>
>I am running AOS, IBM's port of BSD for the RT, which is very close
>to the real thing.
>
>Please *post* the answer, don't mail it.

OK, if you say so....

Unless the AOS release has the "Arthur Olson" time zone code, you do it
by telling the kernel about it.  You can do that at configuration time,
or by writing a program to use "settimeofday()" to do it.