[8498] in Athena Bugs
[idallen@watcgl.waterloo.edu: Ultrix 4.x incorrect date if TZ set to EST5DST; zdump wrong too]
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John T Kohl)
Tue Oct 29 00:46:47 1991
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 91 21:48:20 PST
To: bugs@Athena.MIT.EDU
From: John T Kohl <jtkohl@cs.berkeley.edu>
Reply-To: jtkohl@cs.berkeley.edu
I noticed similar problems today with PST8PDT on a SIPB office
DECstation. Perhaps Athena can fix it locally and/or pound on DEC types
too?
From: idallen@watcgl.waterloo.edu (Ian! D. Allen [CGL])
Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix
Subject: Ultrix 4.x incorrect date if TZ set to EST5DST; zdump wrong too
Date: 28 Oct 91 16:56:56 GMT
Organization: Computer Graphics Laboratory, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
A TZ value of EST5EDT is causing "date" to think we're still on DST:
# unsetenv TZ
# date
Mon Oct 28 11:35:30 EST 1991
# setenv TZ EST5EDT
# date
Mon Oct 28 12:35:46 EDT 1991 <== wrong
# setenv TZ XXX0YYY
# date
Mon Oct 28 17:35:56 YYY 1991
And TZ makes the output from zdump wrong too:
# setenv TZ junk
# zdump Zulu Iran
Zulu Mon Oct 28 11:25:44 1991 EST
Iran Mon Oct 28 11:25:44 1991 EST
The above is all wrong.
# setenv TZ :Iran
# zdump Zulu Iran
Zulu Mon Oct 28 19:55:56 1991 IST
Iran Mon Oct 28 19:55:56 1991 IST
The above is half wrong.
# unsetenv TZ
# zdump Zulu Iran
Zulu Mon Oct 28 16:25:31 1991 GMT
Iran Mon Oct 28 19:55:31 1991 IST
The above is correct.
ULTRIX V4.1 (Rev. 52) DS5400
ULTRIX V4.2 (Rev. 96) DS5000
#include <wish/for/electronic/SPR/facility>
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-IAN! (Ian! D. Allen) idallen@watcgl.uwaterloo.ca idallen@watcgl.waterloo.edu
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