Re: time zone in MSDOS 6x

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From: cai
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2003 09:20

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Well, I have met this problem too, I will post my question below your
subject.

"Jim Backus" <JHB@jita.nospam.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
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> It seems that MSDOS 6.x is aware of time zones. If the environment
> variable TZ is not set, it apparently assumes that it is operating
> under Pacific time zone. I haven't fully explored how this version of
> MSDOS uses the time zone information - it doesn't change the date and
> time, but it does have an effect on programmes that are time
> sensitive.
>
> If anyone here has any detailed knowledge on what this version of DOS
> does with the TZ variable, could you post it? All I could find on the
> web related to operation of PGP and time stamping of usenet messages.
>
> TIA
>
> --
> Jim Backus  OS/2 user
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> remove dashes and make the obvious substitutions for valid email
> address
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From: "cai" <aladdin_sh@asus.com.cn>
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Subject: Re: time zone in MSDOS 6x
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2003 17:20:54 +0800
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