Re: [MiNT] Timezone and mint.cnf

["Standa Opichal" <opichals@seznam.cz>]

Hi!

So I don't need the /sbin/tzinit for this to work? What does the
tzinit do exactly?

Thanks

STanda


> -----Original Message-----
> From: mint-bounce@lists.fishpool.fi 
> [mailto:mint-bounce@lists.fishpool.fi] On Behalf Of Thomas Binder
> Sent: Monday, October 17, 2005 10:55 AM
> To: mint@fishpool.com
> Subject: Re: [MiNT] Timezone and mint.cnf
> 
> 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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