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Re: [MiNT] timezone change



> > You should also not set TZ if you have the timezone database
> > installed.
> 
> Too many old apps that have not been re-ported depend on the
> environment string.

That's right. Do we already have a smail or sendmail that doesn't crash
with a buserror when TZ is empty?

> Real people live in a specific time zone, not in UTC, thank you.
> Anyhow, seeing that other OSes change time on their own without
> a reboot, sounds like UTC stubornness on your part.  Shame.

Other OSes (except m$ stuff) leave the system clock to UTC and remember
the offset, so if that's your reference, do the same in MiNT. :-)