Timezone shift in minutes

[EML]

Hi,

How do I set my timezone, say -8:23 GMT, in HP-UX 11.0 without rebooting? Can I just edit /etc/TIMEZONE and relogin for it to take effect? And how do I specify the TZ = XXX if its not in the /usr/lib/tztab, like my example?

BR,
Edmund

[Craig Rants]

Try using set_parms timezone

GL,
C

[harry d brown jr]

Edmund,

see todays thread:

http://forums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,,0x15928cc5e03fd6118fff0090279cd0f9,00.html

You want -8:23GMT? You aren't using the time zone to adjust the clock are you?

live free or die
harry

[EML]

Hi Craig,

Will it not reboot the system?

BR,
Edmund

[EML]

Hi Harry,

I want to test an application how it logs events when the timezone shift include minutes. So I'm trying to find a more flexible way of adjusting to several timezones(+HH:MM and -HH:MM GMT) without rebooting the system because it takes a of precious time.

BR,
Edmund

[Craig Rants]

Don't think so, the only time the system needs to reboot the system is when kernel changes are made.

C

[Trond Haugen · Accepted solution]

To change the timezone (TZ) for a shell you can just change the shell variable;
$ date
Wed Mar 27 15:47:21 MET 2002
$ echo $TZ
MET-1METDST
$ TZ=GMT
$ date
Wed Mar 27 14:47:36 GMT 2002

This TZ will be inherrited by child processes:
$ sh
$ date
Wed Mar 27 14:48:09 GMT 2002

Regards,
Trond

[EML]

Hi Trond,

And its also possible to specify the TZ that is not on the tztab, like:

TZ=-4:38GMT
or
TZ=+7:57GMT

Thank you very much to all.

BR,
Edmund