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echo: bluewave
to: JEAN PARROT
from: Bat Lang
date: 2003-03-29 18:46:36
subject: SET TZ =

-=> Quoting JEAN PARROT to DAN CEPPA, [27 Mar 03  09:18:00] <=-

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 JP> Disregard any reference to Home Planet. That is the PRG from
 JP> which I extracted this text. At first, I was all mixed up when
 JP> I typed a -5 for the time zone as we are 5 behind UTC. But the
 JP> PRG, ( DOS ) want to know how many hours to add to get -> to
 JP> <- UTC. A different mind set. Now follows the text. Read
 JP> attentively, there is an exam after.  ;-))))        ~~~~
 BL> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

If you had been reading attentively, you'd have found this same info
posted right here (on 27 Feb) when I responded to Mr. Mercado's query.
{^;

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 JP> The TZ variable is set with a statement of the form:

 JP> SET TZ=tzn[+|-]hh[:mm[:ss]][dzn]
.              ~~~~~
That logic statement is not entirely correct. It implies [...] that both
signs are optional; whereas, only the '+' is optional, the '-' (if
applicable) is mandatory.  Good Modeming! /\oo/\

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