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Hello Michiel! Wednesday March 01 2017 16:49, you wrote to All: > Hello All, > In order to make it easier for nodelist clerks to synchronise their > efforts across time zones, I suggest the following; > UseUTC (0/1) (default 0) > This instructs MakeNl to use UTC instead of local time to determine > the day of the week and other time related issues. > E.G. When it is Thursday 21:00 local time and it is Friday 01:00 UTC, > Makenl will act as if is is run on Friday and use the day of the week > number corresponding to Friday. > In some cases, it may be necessary to override the OS's and/or > compiler's time functions. So I suggest the following option: > UseTZUTC (0/1) (default 0) > Use the TZUTC environment variable to derive UTC from local time, > instead of using the value supplied by the OS and/or the compiler's > library functions. As I run multi-user systems (Linux) I cannot change the time at a system level. So a setting within makenl to deal would be better. There again just adjust your time set for sending to the earliest period for both time changes, e.g., forward setting. Vince --- Mageia Linux v5/Mbse v1.0.6.14/GoldED+/LNX 1.1.501-b20150715* Origin: Air Applewood, The Linux Gateway to the UK & Eire (2:250/1) SEEN-BY: 3/50 34/999 90/1 116/18 120/331 123/140 128/187 140/1 218/700 230/150 SEEN-BY: 240/1120 249/303 250/1 261/38 100 1466 266/404 267/155 280/464 1027 SEEN-BY: 282/1031 1056 320/119 219 340/400 393/68 396/45 633/267 280 712/620 SEEN-BY: 712/848 770/1 801/161 189 2320/100 3634/12 @PATH: 250/1 261/38 712/848 633/267 |
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