Great to know that TAUG mail list is still alive. I thought it is not. - Bruce
> From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Mon, 9 May 2016 14:04:07 -0400 > Subject: [on-asterisk] Resolved: [on-asterisk] Timezones and Asterisk 1.4.21 > ExecIfTime() application > > On Monday May 9 2016 12:08:15 Lew Pitcher wrote: > > I have an IP04 embedded Linux/Asterisk 4port PBX (from Rowetel) that I've > > been working with. Prior to this morning, I had Asterisk 1.4.4 installed > > on it, but it now (as of about an hour ago) has Asterisk 1.4.21 installed. > [snip] > > In Asterisk 1.4.4, the three ExecIfTime() application calls executed true > > consistant with the local time, as expressed in the TZ envvar. That is to > > say, at 11:00 EDT, the 1st ExecIfTime() would trigger true, and play back > > the "Good Morning" message, while at 13:00 EDT, the 1st ExecIfTime would > > trigger false, and the 2nd would trigger true, playing back the "Good > > Afternoon" message. > > > > Now, with no changes to system clock or TZ, and still exporting the TZ > > value prior to starting Asterisk, Asterisk 1.4.21 evaluates the first > > ExecIfTime false at 11:00 EDT, and the 2nd ExecIfTime true, and plays > > the "Good Afternoon" message. It appears that 1.4.21 is ignoring the > > timezone and using the system UTC clock. > > > > I cannot find any config file options to correct this behaviour. > > > > Can anyone suggest a way to (unobtrusively) get this version of Asterisk > > to use the TZ envvar for ExecIfTime() evaluation? > > I fixed it. > > Apparently, something changed between 1.4.4 and 1.4.21 that caused Asterisk > to ignore the TZ envvar in favour of the (properly formatted) contents of > the /etc/localtime file. > > The IP04 doesn't come with a timezone package, and there was > no /etc/localtime file on the device. > > To fix the issue, I copied the /etc/localtime from my (EST5EDT) Slackware > system, and restarted Asterisk. All is well now; the ExecIfTime() > application now properly recognizes the local time and plays back the > appropriate greeting. > > -- > Lew Pitcher > "In Skills, We Trust" > PGP public key available upon request >
