Subject: Correcting Time Zone

From: Sara Barnett <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 1997 16:19:34 -0900 (PDT)

Could someone please help me correct my time zone info on Pine e-mails?

I tried editing the autoexec.bat (per instructions I saw on another 
list) to:  SET TZ=AST 

[I'm in the Atlantic Time Zone (AST), which should also be -0400]

On one of my computers (this one, running WIN 95 and PC-PINE 3.91), this 
edit had no effect whatsoever (see above).

On another computer (running Windows 3.something and PC-PINE) it changed 
it to -0100 (AST) -- in other words, the zone is correct, but the 
differential from GMT is not.

TIA
Sara

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From: Robin S Socha <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 18 Apr 1997 00:08:21 +0200 (MET DST)

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  >[I'm in the Atlantic Time Zone (AST), which should also be -0400] On one
  >of my computers (this one, running WIN 95 and PC-PINE 3.91), this edit
  >had no effect whatsoever (see above). On another computer (running
  >Windows 3.something and PC-PINE) it changed it to -0100 (AST) -- in other
  >words, the zone is correct, but the differential from GMT is not.

You've entered the Dos95 Twilight Zone *didadidadaaa* :-)

There's a kewl user-friendly icon on your right mouse button on the start
icon in the task bar. It should say something like system settings (sorry,
never ran away from an English Windos), and there's something you can set
the timezone and stuff with. It's got a colourful clock and there's a globe,
too... You need to set something in each...

\me sings: "That's entertainment..."

Later,
Robin

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From: Nancy McGough <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 1997 23:58:23 GMT

Putting the following in my AUTOEXEC.BAT works for me in both
Win3.x and Win95:

During daylight savings time I use this:

 SET TZ=EST5EDT

And during standard time I use this:

 SET TZ=EST5

Don't forget to reboot your machine after editing your
AUTOEXEC.BAT.  BTW, does anyone know of a web page that contains a
list of all the timezones (EST, PST, etc.) and their offsets (5, 8,
etc.)?

Thanks,
Nancy

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From: Edward M Greshko <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 18 Apr 1997 20:28:44 +0800 (GMT)

> list of all the timezones (EST, PST, etc.) and their offsets (5, 8,

	According to the US centric RFCs the only valid TZs are those
from the USA including their daylight savings time variations.  This,
is not such a bad idea when you consider that SST could be Singapore
Standard Time, Switzerland Standard Time, Sudan Standard Time, etc.
I would say the best thing would be to always set your TZ to an offset
from GMT....which you can figure out by consulting your nearest Almanac.

	Regards,

		GMT+8 Ed

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From: Catherine Hernandez <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 18 Apr 1997 08:27:04 +0600 (EDT)

> too... You need to set something in each...

Robin:  

I am having similar troubles...running PC-Pine w/ WinNT4.0.  Making
the setting changes you describe from the "Control Panel", in my case,
allows the time to have the correct hour, but always with the designation:
"PST" or "PDT"...I am in the "EST" or "EDT" time zone.  Since the time is
correct, things can function.  With the zone trouble, people are sometimes
confused.

Knowing that the Pine folks are in the Pacific Time Zone, I can understand
the zone "choice", but would like to correct it.  (Further, I realize it
must be a setting of some kind, since some, but not all, of my users
experience this trouble.)

Any help appreciated. 

Catherine Hernandez
Lab Manager
School of Comp Sci- FIU- Miami FL
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From: Sara Barnett <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 18 Apr 1997 09:19:12 -0900 (PDT)

Robin et al. --

Like Catherine, I made the correct settings in Settings/Control 
Panel/Date&Time to no avail -- THEN I tried the autoexec.bat edit.  
Neither has any effect.  

Sara

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From: Robin S Socha <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 18 Apr 1997 15:23:49 +0200 (MET DST)

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  >Panel/Date&Time to no avail -- THEN I tried the autoexec.bat edit.

Well, I think you'd best check the MS newsgroups for that :-)

As an alternative, you might consider moving to Germany. It's a friendly
little country with only one timezone.

Or, you could drop that MS-toy and install an OS that deserves its name. Any
u*ix (probably not HP, because it sucks) will let you set that easily .-)

A nice weekend to all,
Robin

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From: Sara Barnett <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 18 Apr 1997 11:24:19 -0400 (AST)

> Putting the following in my AUTOEXEC.BAT works for me in both

*** Thanks, Nancy -- this worked for me with WIndows 3.x, but it has no 
effect with WIN 95 -- any other ideas?

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From: Stefan Kramer <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 18 Apr 1997 10:12:35 -0700 (PDT)

On Thu, 17 Apr 1997, Nancy McGough wrote:
# ....  BTW, does anyone know of a web page that contains a
# list of all the timezones (EST, PST, etc.) and their offsets (5, 8,
# etc.)?
# ....

Try:

http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/tzones.html

http://www.hilink.com.au/times/

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From: Peter Karlsson <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 21 Apr 1997 11:47:08 +0200

> effect with WIN 95 -- any other ideas?

In Windows 95, you don't set the timezone with the TZ environment
variable, but rather via its built-in timezone settings, accessible via
the Control Panel.

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From: Catherine Hernandez <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 21 Apr 1997 10:05:05 +0600 (EDT)

On Mon, 21 Apr 1997, Peter Karlsson wrote:

> Date: Mon, 21 Apr 1997 11:47:08 +0200
> From: Peter Karlsson <[email-masked]>
> To: Pine Discussion Forum <[email-masked]>
> Subject: Re: Correcting Time Zone
> 

In my case, the timezone seetings have been set, (in WinNT 4.0) and are
accurrate for all applications, except Pine.  It seems that Pine ignores
the tz settings from the control panel.

Catherine