topic Re: map Timezone to Ignite values in Operating System - HP-UX

map Timezone to Ignite values

Gerry Gerofsky — Fri, 11 May 2007 11:25:23 GMT

I have a script which gets input from GUI in time zone format like:
America/Indiana/Marengo
America/Indiana/Vevay
America/Kentucky/Louisville
America/Kentucky/Monticello
America/New_York
America/North_Dakota/Center
Can I specify timezone in this format when creating the config in Ignite?

If not is there any resource I can use to map these to values like EST5EDT that I know ignite supports

Re: map Timezone to Ignite values

A. Clay Stephenson — Fri, 11 May 2007 11:36:48 GMT

Of course you can; however, there will a teeny-weeny problem. No UNIX box in the world would know what to do with TZ=America/Kentucky/Monticello. Now if your script stores the Timezone as you describe in a file then Ignite can certainly back this file up and restore it but such a 'Timezone' would only have meaning for applications that actually understand it.

Re: map Timezone to Ignite values

Dennis Handly — Fri, 11 May 2007 23:20:55 GMT

Is this some Java or Windows format?

Re: map Timezone to Ignite values

Steven E. Protter — Sat, 12 May 2007 13:40:53 GMT

Shalom,

I know Linux recognizes such formats, however its really a trick. The city is there merely to help the installer find the correct time zone.

In My neck of the woods, the time is the same in Gaza, Jerusalem, and Amman, however when the time zone switches is different based on government body, therefore the setting matters more.

In the US its meaningless.

SEP

Re: map Timezone to Ignite values

Dennis Handly — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 20:55:45 GMT

>SEP: In the US its meaningless.

There is a county in Indiana where they decided to moved from one zone to the other. :-)