It is still the same. on linux :
bash-3.00$ date Wed Jan 6 17:24:25 Asia/Kolkata 2010 bash-3.00$ On a new email, inside mutt the header shows it as : Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2010 09:24:20 -0800 I just have: export TZ="Asia/Kolkata" in my .bashrc. The actual time should be : 10:54:25 PM - Jan-6th-2010. - Ravi On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 9:37 PM, Kyle Wheeler <kyle-m...@memoryhole.net> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA256 > > On Wednesday, January 6 at 11:42 AM, quoth Ravi Uday: >>Kyle, >> >>This didn't work. >> >>The mail header shows : >> >>Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2010 21:59:44 -0800 >> >>but my laptop's time is : Jan-6th-2010 11:38 AM. > > As Derek Martin pointed out, I got the TZ value wrong. It should be: > > export TZ="Asia/Kolkata" > > ~Kyle > - -- > He who joyfully marches in rank and file has already earned my > contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him > the spinal cord would suffice. > -- Albert Einstein > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Comment: Thank you for using encryption! > > iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJLRLUnAAoJECuveozR/AWeWsEP/iCWPJgPqihMBh8nV3Xut00a > WarmmVnbyYzuyeeXZMB9VoUUNRLjcDy/lO6uc6eyr0GilGNdSz0Qdzuoq62Lq8zb > +FrZjGN00o6OnogAfaO86vLEOe2jSaFJ40vTdxwgfQGAyDVhXh+v/CBBlRkSoO4e > CiZO022yrRG3gTc/B55qFySLhsfmM7SQB/ke1rq5fkVDkrw8QmHbNRSNH24CFUzD > sV+aePUgzdF1CbNbcwD3tuaUcBtraOY+K6Rufse23fhiBCnnY32JwffEPGbo7I6W > 8JyfOmZg+VbOJDxCQUy9TSspSolWf0bnBJiZc4dr9Bf8oFIv6sw3Hnh2rEfMjYnS > vjnZNwE4Uz0sprDWoY6YFGpdzEamGulVVEsV3UA1Mwd81Tg/olNutYCubdibOyCt > Wn0qNRzLjyOFc46QSasPQSrQEWUdoc0u9LuhEhZP2GFbOjE3V0fdc0iuggWW6yCr > YiTbogLuZF1HUPy+u9Ltfd0Mg/MaM1WaHtXjZRRxKBsWSjF+wlNIJJ2s6bi3wfU2 > pQtIcpmhDinxXHkViJ6B5J/XYkN/ywtC7HnWgYewMT2oA7rd0FO5MYblh3vEX1yP > /IDE8V/pV39b3ojnhpBSlLCq1U67w6Ce3eoQ/NbOCFyXKa+ocdOoSyHiqB7+aF/U > aF/yO+dWwIV9IvkSmHIW > =wcqb > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >
