X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_ENVFROM_END_DIGIT,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,T_TO_NO_BRKTS_FREEMAIL X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Cc: Denis Excoffier Message-Id: <4E1EF031-A2E0-4238-BD23-5089E2D7670F@free.fr> From: Denis Excoffier <3.1416@free.fr> To: cygwin@cygwin.com In-Reply-To: <20110609210632.GA1457@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v936) Subject: Re: cygcheck's understanding of TZ Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2011 09:24:45 +0200 References: <20110609094631.56364lzi64m7t4d3@messagerie.si.c-s.fr> <4DF10C13.3040208@cwilson.fastmail.fm> <811AA35F-E300-46E5-9FE3-EE7D5E58194B@free.fr> <20110609210632.GA1457@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com On 2011-06-09 23:06, Christopher Faylor wrote: > We're not changing anything. Having the date there is useful. I (OP) need to use TZ=Europe/Monaco (or similar, or with an absolute name) to make my applications work, including date(1). Currently the `Current System Time' line is: - incorrect at least in my (legitimate) use of TZ, - not fully adequate for reference purposes since it does not specify the time zone. It therefore deserves improvement. But since it seems difficult to make it correct due to specific constraints (windows program), feel free not to modify it. Users like me will have to 'export TZ=UTC' before 'cygcheck -s'. Not difficult. Or change cygcheck's specification for the better: use UTC date instead, since printing UTC date does not depend/rely on TZ: Current System Time (UTC): Thu Jun 09 07:07:14 2011 > Again: you shouldn't use "cygcheck -s" as a method to find the system > date. Sorry, next time i'll use 'alias foobar' instead of 'alias cygdate'. Regards, Denis Excoffier. -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple