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[Dave Liquorice]

On Fri, 17 Mar 2000 23:44:03 -0400 (AST), Trevor Smith wrote:

> 1. a computer's real time clock (RTC) should be set to universal
> time.
> 2. the TZ variable should be set to indicate the computer's offset
> from universal time. In my case:
>        SET TZ=ast4adt.
> 3. *ALL* applications should calculate and display local time by
> checking the RTC and adding or subtracting the TZ offset.

Agreed this should be the way things are done and indeed this is how the 
*nix world does it.

But the system was inherited from good old DOS, so I guess it's another 
"feature" we can all thank Mr Gates for.  B-(

Cheers
Dave.