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Date:	Sat, 6 Jan 2007 19:53:13 -0800
From:	"Steven Levine" <steve53@earthlink.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: TZ parameter

In <45A05F99.9090702@adelphia.net>, on 01/06/07
at 06:48 PM, Colin Campbell said:

>However, I looked at my CONFIG.SYS, and I see that it is still set for
>the start of April, end of October. Right above that is a REMark that
>says "Don't change the following line manually, it is changed by the eCS
>Clock."

Don't believe everything you read.

>So I went to local system , system setup, clock, and took a look. On my
>eCS 1.2 system, the "Synchronization" tab shows I am synchronizing using
>"time.nist.gov" or as an alternate "nist1.nyc.certifiedtime.com".

OK. The rest of the non-dos world keeps their interal clocks set to GMT
and that's what the time servers provide.

>Yet the "Location" tab's "Zone Information" shows the April and October
>dates. So it appears the US Government doesn't know that Congress
>passed the law, or they haven't gotten around to fixing their time
>server, or the eCS Clock doesn't actually modify CONFIG.SYS.

What are you talking about? The eCS Clock certainly does modify
config.sys. Try it. The correct question is if it has been updated to
correctly support the change in the rules. This is a question for the eCS
support lists.

Steven

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