Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@sourceware.cygnus.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com Message-ID: <000701bf2558$5cc7a200$8500010a@chstr-fjs-04669> From: "fswinnerton" To: Subject: 'date' command in Cygwin Date: Tue, 2 Nov 1999 17:33:20 -0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0004_01BF2558.5B68AE40" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3612.1700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3612.1700 ------=_NextPart_000_0004_01BF2558.5B68AE40 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I am running Cygwin on my Windows 95 PC haveing installed the binary = distribution. Last week I ran the 'date' command and found that the time = reported was 1 hour earlier than it should - ie it was reporting GMT = rather than taking account of Daylight Saving (BST). As our clocks have = now gone back the time is correct but only because it defaults to GMT. = Next Spring it will all go horribly wrong again! The Cygwin date command gives -> Tue Nov 2 17:31:16 1999 whereas the MKS Toolkit gives -> Tue Nov 2 17:31:48 GST 1999 How can I get Cygwin 'date' to recognize the timezone on a Win95 (or = NT4) machine? Regards, Frank Swinnerton ------=_NextPart_000_0004_01BF2558.5B68AE40 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
I am running Cygwin on my Windows 95 = PC haveing=20 installed the binary distribution. Last week I ran the 'date' command = and found=20 that the time reported was 1 hour earlier than it should - ie it was = reporting=20 GMT rather than taking account of Daylight Saving (BST). As our clocks = have now=20 gone back the time is correct but only because it defaults to GMT. Next = Spring=20 it will all go horribly wrong again!
 
The Cygwin date command gives -> = Tue=20 Nov  2 17:31:16  1999
whereas the=20 MKS Toolkit gives    -> Tue Nov  2 17:31:48 GST=20 1999
How can I get Cygwin 'date' to = recognize the=20 timezone on a Win95 (or NT4) machine?
 
Regards,
 
Frank = Swinnerton
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