Bryan posted that TZ is not recommended for long term usage. I agree, but for short time, it is really useful, as user travel from a place to another and want to be kept updated with the local time despite the global clock settings defined using zoneinfo.
On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 3:48 PM, G. Matthew Rice <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "Cleber Paiva de Souza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Yes, debian and redhat use different files to set the same thing, but > these > > are for system wide settings that are/could be different even for other > > linux flavors (Gentoo uses /etc/conf.d/clock), but in all of them you > could > > use the TZ variable to set the timezone for you, in an user wide way. > > Hi everyone, > > Thanks for piping in about the objective. I'm going to leave it as is for > now. > > If anyone thinks that the 'TZ' env variable should be added, please speak > up > strongly. > > I can add it as an addendum for this quarter. > > Regards, > -- > g. matthew rice <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> starnix care, toronto, ontario, ca > phone: 647.722.5301 x242 gpg id: EF9AAD20 > http://www.starnix.com professional linux services & products > _______________________________________________ > lpi-examdev mailing list > [email protected] > http://list.lpi.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/lpi-examdev > -- Cleber Paiva de Souza
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