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Date:	Tue, 9 Aug 2005 13:51:48 PDT7
From:	"Bob" <2lvvuss02@sneakemail.com >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: daylight saving major change in 2007 ?

** Reply to message from "Peter Skye pskye@peterskye.com" on Tue, 9 Aug 2005
01:03:31 PDT7

> I'm a properly-set clock fanatic (to the consternation
> of at least one other SCOUG member, hiya Steven).

Yes, we know all to well.

> Can someone point me at the "proper" mail list or newsgroup
> where I can ask OS/2-related questions about this change?
> For example, I've never fully understood if OS/2 itself
> uses the SET TZ= value, or if the TZ value is instead only
> used by some applications.

I don't know of a mailing list but the TZ is documented but I don't remember
where.

Here is all you need to know about the TZ variable for eCS.

parameter 1 - PST8PDT (GMT0GMT)
parameter 2 - the starting month of summer time
parameter 3 - the starting week of summer time
1 - the first week of the month
2 - the second week of the month
3 - the third week of the month
4 - the fourth week of the month
0 - the change occurs on a specific day of the month
-1 - the last week of the month
-2 - the next to last week of the month
-3 - the second to last week of the month
-4 - the third to last week of the month
parameter 4 - the starting day of summer time
the day of the month (1-31) if parameter 3 is 0
otherwise the day of the week (0-6)
parameter 5 - the starting time-of-day (local time) in seconds (3600 seconds
is 1am)
parameter 6 - the starting month of winter time
parameter 7 - the starting week of winter time (same as parameter 3)
parameter 8 - the starting day of winter time
the day of the month (1-31) if parameter 7 is 0
otherwise the day of the week (0-6)
parameter 9 - the starting time-of-day (local winter time) in seconds (7200
seconds is 2am)
parameter 10 - amount of time shift in seconds (3600 = 1 hour)

--
Robert Blair

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