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30/10/2006, 16h57

In article <bill-15E1FA.12424629102006@news.det.sbcglobal.net>,
Bill Cole <bill@scconsult.com> wrote:
>In article <1162108803.319859.159890@k70g2000cwa.googlegroups .com>,
> "flaifel" <flaifel@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello All,
>>
>> This is exactly what i was looking for Bill.
>> Am using Solaris 9 as an OS, date is the normal date command on solaris
>> "/usr/bin/date".
>>
>> What do you think??
>
>I think you don't understand what /etc/TIMEZONE is, at least for
>Solaris.
>
>Read the man page (man TIMEZONE) carefully and completely, particularly
>if you are on a x86 system, which has one extra issue not seen on
>Solaris/SPARC.
>
>Note that /etc/TIMEZONE and /etc/timezone may both exist and are
>completely different things.

Note that the man page for TIMEZONE refers you to the man page for environ
which has the information that I think you need. Try 'man -s5 environ'
and read the section on the TZ variable.

>
>
>> regards,
>> Flaifel
>>
>> Bill Cole wrote:
>> > In article <1161947379.021879.26710@i42g2000cwa.googlegroups. com>,
>> > "flaifel" <flaifel@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > > Hello All,
>> > >
>> > > Whats the best scenario to set the time on mail servers so emails have
>> > > the right time when being sent??
>> >
>> > That depends on the operating system and mail client software where the
>> > message is created. Different systems use different mechanisms to set
>> > the time zone. Generally speaking, it is the mail user agent (e.g. pine,
>> > mailx, Outlook, Eudora, etc.) that creates the Date header. A mail
>> > server program, such as sendmail, won't change an existing Date header
>> > on mail unless specially configured to do so.
>> >
>> > > i have in my /etc/TIMEZONE file "GMT-2 "
>> > > when i issue the command date i get the following
>> > >
>> > > #date
>> > > Fri Oct 27 13:06:54 GMT 2006
>> > >
>> > > The time is correct but what is this GMT in the date???
>> >
>> > For some reason, the 'date' program you are using thinks you are in GMT.
>> > Some implementations of 'date' will look for $TZ in your environment,
>> > and if it is defined but null will use GMT.
>> >
>> > Without knowing exactly what OS you are running and which implementation
>> > of 'date' you're using, explaining exactly what is going on would be a
>> > guessing game.
>> >
>> > --
>> > Now where did I hide that website...
>
>--
>Now where did I hide that website...

--
Tom Schulz
schulz@adi.com

30/10/2006, 16h57	#7
Thomas Schulz Messages: n/a Hébergeur:	Re: Setting Time on Mail Servers In article <bill-15E1FA.12424629102006@news.det.sbcglobal.net>, Bill Cole <bill@scconsult.com> wrote: >In article <1162108803.319859.159890@k70g2000cwa.googlegroups .com>, > "flaifel" <flaifel@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hello All, >> >> This is exactly what i was looking for Bill. >> Am using Solaris 9 as an OS, date is the normal date command on solaris >> "/usr/bin/date". >> >> What do you think?? > >I think you don't understand what /etc/TIMEZONE is, at least for >Solaris. > >Read the man page (man TIMEZONE) carefully and completely, particularly >if you are on a x86 system, which has one extra issue not seen on >Solaris/SPARC. > >Note that /etc/TIMEZONE and /etc/timezone may both exist and are >completely different things. Note that the man page for TIMEZONE refers you to the man page for environ which has the information that I think you need. Try 'man -s5 environ' and read the section on the TZ variable. > > >> regards, >> Flaifel >> >> Bill Cole wrote: >> > In article <1161947379.021879.26710@i42g2000cwa.googlegroups. com>, >> > "flaifel" <flaifel@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> > > Hello All, >> > > >> > > Whats the best scenario to set the time on mail servers so emails have >> > > the right time when being sent?? >> > >> > That depends on the operating system and mail client software where the >> > message is created. Different systems use different mechanisms to set >> > the time zone. Generally speaking, it is the mail user agent (e.g. pine, >> > mailx, Outlook, Eudora, etc.) that creates the Date header. A mail >> > server program, such as sendmail, won't change an existing Date header >> > on mail unless specially configured to do so. >> > >> > > i have in my /etc/TIMEZONE file "GMT-2 " >> > > when i issue the command date i get the following >> > > >> > > #date >> > > Fri Oct 27 13:06:54 GMT 2006 >> > > >> > > The time is correct but what is this GMT in the date??? >> > >> > For some reason, the 'date' program you are using thinks you are in GMT. >> > Some implementations of 'date' will look for $TZ in your environment, >> > and if it is defined but null will use GMT. >> > >> > Without knowing exactly what OS you are running and which implementation >> > of 'date' you're using, explaining exactly what is going on would be a >> > guessing game. >> > >> > -- >> > Now where did I hide that website... > >-- >Now where did I hide that website... -- Tom Schulz schulz@adi.com