Re: Odd DST Problem (solved)
- From: "Richard" <aapex@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2007 16:58:25 GMT
"Jean-Pierre Radley" <jpr@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Richard typed (on Fri, Mar 16, 2007 at 09:27:35PM +0000):
| "Richard" <aapex@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
| news:d1zJh.143854$5j1.680@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
| > On a re-booted 5.0.5 with /etc/TIMEZONE TZ set to
| > 'CST6CDT5,M3.2.0/2:00:00,M11.1.0/2:00:00' everything is fine *except*
when
| > running a shell command from within Foxbase. Then, within the child
| > process running the command, the Unix time reverts to CST. I've
confirmed
| > that the correct TZ environment variable is exported to the child
process,
| > which is spawned as 'sh -c command'. Spawning a similar child process
| > from another script works properly, so the problem only occurs when
run
| > from within Foxbase.
| >
| > Possible clue: on a fully patched 5.0.7 system, the same shell command
| > from within Foxbase works properly, with the correct time *except* if
the
| > TZ variable is set to override the default DST values (i.e., set the
same
| > as the 5.0.5 system). Then, the same problem appears, with the time
| > reverting to CST in the child process when run from within Foxbase.
| >
| > Any ideas on what is happening, and how it might be corrected?
|
| Well, I was wrong that the correct TZ variable was exported (*slaps the
| forehead*). Didn't notice it before, but Foxbase takes the TZ variable
and
| converts it to Xenix format by replacing the first comma with a
semicolon
| before re-exporting it prior to executing a shell command. The date
| function then does not recognize the format and reverts to the default!
What is "Xenix format"?
Why in the world should Foxbase convert an environment variable?
--
JP
==> http://www.frappr.com/cusm <==
Hi, JP,
man environ and damned if I know.
--
Richard
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