Subject:	Silly me - and TZ defaults
To:	dj AT ctron DOT com
Date:	Fri, 2 Sep 1994 10:21:39 +0200 (MET DST)
From:	Henrik Storner <storner AT olicom DOT dk>
Cc:	djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu

How silly can you be ...

I wrote:

> About 1.12.maint1 beta4:
> 
> It WORKS!
> 
> Only nag that I can find is that, although the tzsetwall() routine has
> been re-enabled in ctime.c, some startup-code sets TZ to 'EST5EDT' if 
> it is not defined in the environment. I haven't been able to figure
> out where this happens

but of course, it happens because there is a line in /djgpp/djgpp.env that
reads
	+TZ=EST5EDT

Remove this, and all works as I would expect it to. Now, whether that is
a sensible default to apply is another matter ... I would prefer to have
a not-so-US-centric default, and preferably also one that the parsing
routines in ctime.c is able to handle properly! GMT0, anyone ?
-- 
Henrik Storner        | "Man is the best computer we can put aboard a space-
(storner AT olicom DOT dk)   |  craft ... and the only one that can be mass produced 
System Engineering    |  with unskilled labor."
Olicom Denmark        |                                   Wernher von Braun

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