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Date:	Mon, 15 Jul 2002 17:38:19 PST7
From:	Harry Chris Motin <hmotin@attglobal.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: TZ variable

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Steve and JR,

I believe that it should be:

SET TZ=PST8PDT,4,1,0,7200,10,-1,0,7200,3600

Please note the following information from the help file from World
Clock:

The TZ (time zone) environment variable in CONFIG.SYS controls the
interpretation of the hardware clock. This variable is used by some
applications.
To enable all options in World Clock (select only cities in your Time
Zone, ...), fully qualified TZ environment variable must be in
CONFIG.SYS (not only TZ descriptor(s) and UTC difference).
Note: If you are in United States or Canada, TZ environment variable in
your CONFIG.SYS probably looks like: SET TZ=EST5EDT (example is for USA
Eastern). If you want to keep this variable in CONFIG.SYS, check Time
Zones in TimeZone settings in Settings notebook.
To set TZ environment variable for selected city, select correct values
(city name, country, UTC difference - Time Zone, Daylight Saving Time
start and end) - press up and down arrows on spin buttons. As you change
values, TZ string will be changed.
If you change the TZ variable manually, complete variable is:
SET TZ=STD[+|-]nDST[,DSTm,DSTw,DSTd,DSTt,STDm,STDw,STDd,STDt,shift]
STD Standard Time Zone Descriptor (3 characters - it may contain spaces,
but first must be character)
n Difference to UTC (GMT) in Hours (positive are west of 0 degree
length, negative are east of 0 degree length)
DST Daylight Saving Descriptor (3 characters - it may contain spaces,
but first must be character)
DSTm Month in which Daylight Saving Time starts (1=January, 2=February
... , 12=December)
DSTw Week in which Daylight Saving Time starts (positive - from the
beginning of the month, negative - from the end of the month)
DSTd Day at which Daylight Saving Time starts (0=Sunday, 1=Monday ...,
6=Saturday).
DSTt Time of Daylight Saving Time start in seconds
STDm Month in which Daylight Saving Time ends (1=January, 2=February ...
, 12=December)
STDw Week in which Daylight Saving Time ends (positive - from the
beginning of the month, negative - from the end of the month)
STDd Day at which Daylight Saving Time ends (0=Sunday, 1=Monday ...,
6=Saturday).
STDt Time of Daylight Saving Time end in seconds
shift Size of the Time shift in seconds

HCM
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Steve Carter wrote:
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> JR:
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> SET TZ=PST8PDT
>
> is the string from the timezone program included with Time868F.zip
> from Norbert Dey (on Hobbes). With it you can determine the TZ
> variable for nearly every inhabited location on earth.
>
> Just for fun, use it to find the TZ for St. Pierre and Miquelon
> and then find these two French islands on the map. They're
> _NOT_
> where you might think they'd be. [Visit: www.st-pierre-et-miquelon.com ]
>
> I use and HIGHLY recommend this program (Time868), but acknowledge
> that others, misguided and deceived individuals, one and all,
> may have other favorites.
>
> --Steve
> ++++++++++++++++++++++
> On 07/15/02, J. R. Fox wrote, in part:
> >I have now entered it the way I have it in Warp 4, namely
> >
> >SET TZ=pst8
> >
> >... Can someone just paste 'n post the full correct string for
> >us Left Coasters ?
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