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Re: Problems turning summertime off on British Mac

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From: Bob Kenyon
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 1995 00:00
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In article <Mike.Connally-2410951814340001@mike_c.ecmwf.int>,
Mike.Connally@ecmwf.int (Mike Connally) wrote:

> In article <bob-2310950309280001@raspbrry.demon.co.uk>,
> bob@raspbrry.demon.co.uk (Bob Kenyon) wrote:
> 
> > I went to the new Date & Time control panel and turned the "British Summer
> > Time" check box off. That set the time back an hour correctly, but I
> > noticed that the time zone changed from "London..." to "The time zone has
> > not been specified". So I clicked the "set time zone..." button and set it
> > to London. However this moved the clock forward an hour again and put a
> > time zone difference of one hour in Map.
> > 
> > There seems to be no way I can have London as the time zone and remain on
> > GMT. I even managed to set the clock on two hours one time by going into
> > the "set time zone..." dialogue box twice in succession and chosing
> > London. However this was not repeatable.
> > 
> > I fixed things by leaving Date & Time to say "The time zone has not been
> > specified", setting Map to zero time difference and using Network Time to
> > reset the clock.
> 
> Did you try selecting Universal (Greenwich Mean) Time in the
> Network Time control panel?  It might be in a fight with the
> Date & Time control panel.

No, Network Time is set to "Use Map Control Panel Setting".

Regards Bob,

Bob Kenyon, Raspberry Computing Ltd., 20 Highbury Grove, London N5 2EA, U.K.
phone: +44 171 354 2219               email: bob@raspbrry.demon.co.uk
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my employer's." No, I mean "My employer adopts my opinions as its own."
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From: bob@raspbrry.demon.co.uk (Bob Kenyon)
Subject: Re: Problems turning summertime off on British Mac
Date: 1995/10/24
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