Re: [MiNT] Timezone and mint.cnf

[Thomas Binder <gryf@hrzpub.tu-darmstadt.de>]

Hi!

On Mon, Oct 17, 2005 at 09:51:27AM -0400, Standa Opichal wrote:
> PS: Perhaps something like setenv TZ1=-240 would be just fine
> equivalent of TZ='America/New_York' setting.

For 'Europe/Berlin', a possible equivalent would be

TZ=CET-1CEST,M3.5.0/02:00:00,M10.5.0/03:00:00

Meaning:

CET: Timezone's name
-1: Offset from UTC
CEST: Timezone's name when daylight savings time (DST) is in
      effect
M3.5.0/02:00:00: Start of DST is the fifth (i.e. last) sunday (0)
                 in march (3) at 02:00:00 a.m.
M10.5.0/03:00:00: End of DST is the fifth (i.e. last) sunday (0) in
                  October (10) at 03:00:00 a.m.

The format is explained more detailed in tzset(3).


Ciao

Thomas


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