On 9/4/07, Larry Hall (Cygwin) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > lei chao wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I just installed cygwin 1.5.24-2 on windows 2003. To test some > > timezone issue, I set system time to Nov 2, 2007. Then if I set > > TZ to PST8PDT, date command reports one hour behind the correct time. > > but if I unset TZ, date works well. And it looks like date can > > work with PST8PDT correctly in 2006 instead of 2007. > > <snip> > > Try setting the date to 11/21 and try again. IIRC, DST extends an extra > 3 weeks this year in the US. Don't know why it would "work" without TZ > set though. Sounds like a Windows problem. Is your system up-to-date > with patches. Nov 2 is chosen on purpose because it's still Daylight Saving time in 2007. 11/21 is not DST. it's not a windows problem as windows reports the date/time correctly. And if I unset TZ, date command of cygwin also reports data/time correctly. Only when I set TZ=PST8PDT, it reports incorrectly.
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