Yes, or you might try removing it entirely...it could be what is messing you up. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Goodman Kristi - kgoodm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Tanton Gibbs'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 11:45 AM Subject: RE: localtime ()
> I have this line in my autoexec.bat: > > SET TZ=CST > > Can I just change it to this: > > set tz=CST+06CDT > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tanton Gibbs [mailto:thgibbs@;deltafarms.com] > Sent: Monday, October 28, 2002 9:43 PM > To: Goodman Kristi - kgoodm; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: localtime () > > > I don't know what your timezone is, so I'm going to assume central since you > work with acxiom (I do too!) > > try this at the dos prompt before you run the perl script. > > set tz=CST+06CDT > > or > set TZ=CST6CDT > > or > > set TZ=GMT-6 > > (I've seen it all three ways) > > this will set your tz environment variable for perl...theoretically you > shouldn't have to do this. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Goodman Kristi - kgoodm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, October 28, 2002 10:38 AM > Subject: localtime () > > > > I asked this question about a week ago but still have not found a > solution. > > > > My localtime () function returns a time that is 5 hours ahead. I am > running > > Win2000 and Perl 5.6.1 633 (activestate). I have checked my BIOS time and > > it is correct and my time function (DOS) is correct. I have no idea where > > it is getting this time. > > > > This is what my local time returns right now: > > Mon Oct 28 15:29:33 2002 > > > > The time function (DOS) returns this: > > C:\work>time > > The current time is: 9:29:52.97 > > > > My Time Zone is set correctly in Windows. Someone said that my localtime > > was displaying Greenwich Mean Time but I do not know how to change that. > If > > that is what the problem is.... > > > > > > > > > > ********************************************************************** > > The information contained in this communication is > > confidential, is intended only for the use of the recipient > > named above, and may be legally privileged. > > If the reader of this message is not the intended > > recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, > > distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly > > prohibited. > > If you have received this communication in error, > > please re-send this communication to the sender and > > delete the original message or any copy of it from your > > computer system. Thank You. > > > > > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]