On 22/05/05 17:14, Michael Heydekamp wrote: > Martin Foster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 22.05.05: > >>All the time I've been using FreeXP, I've had the TZ environment >>variable set as follows: > >>SET TZ=GMT0BST,3,-1,0,7200,10,-1,0,7200,3600 > >>This has always worked with FreeXP > > It does not only with FreeXP (also with PGP for instance). > >>but recently, I've been playing about with GoldED+ which does not >>recognise the TZ environment variable in the above format. I've had to >>change it to the following for GoldED+: > >>SET TZ=GMT0BST,M3.5.0/02:00,M10.5.0/02:00 > >>My question is, which one is correct? > > Both. The format we use is a "classic" IBM (OS/2) format and compatible > with PGP, while the other format GoldEd uses looks is in POSIX style (at > least this is what I came up with when I did a Google search). > > Look at this message and the entire thread around it: > > http://groups.google.de/group/comp.os.msdos.4dos/msg/465120186bb33fcd?hl=de
That's a very interesting article, thanks. I've saved it for future reference ;-) > When I implemented the timezone feature in FreeXP, I simply used the > same format Robert Böck also used for XP2. Yes, I already knew that ;) > Anyway, we should probably make FreeXP to support both formats, as the POSIX > style seems to be the > more current standard. Yes I agree, the POSIX style does seem to crop up more than the other one. -- Martin --------------------------- FreeXP English Support Site http://www.freexp.co.uk ------------------------------------------------------------------------ FreeXP Entwickler-Mailingliste Dev-List@freexp.de http://www.freexp.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dev-list
