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Added: 05/03/02 The ‘TZ’ environment variable and the ‘timezone’ and ‘dst’ kernel parameters are two independent features to handle timezones and daylight savings time. The former is meant to replace the latter. Unless your application programs use out-of-date system calls, you do not have to configure the ‘timezone’ or ‘dst’ kernel parameters. According to the SAM help menu, the ‘timezone’ and ‘dst’ kernel parameters should be kept in sync with the ‘TZ’ variable. This was true in the past, when older system calls were used which referenced the kernel parameters. These two system calls are gettimeofday(2) and ftime(2). HP-UX applications and most third party applications do not use these system calls any more. The manpage for gettimeofday(2) states: “Programs should use this time zone information only in the absence of the ‘TZ’ environment variable.
The ‘TZ’ environment variable and the ‘timezone’ and ‘dst’ kernel parameters are two independent features to handle timezones and daylight savings time. The former is meant to replace the latter. Unless your application programs use out-of-date system calls, you do not have to configure the ‘timezone’ or ‘dst’ kernel parameters. According to the SAM help menu, the ‘timezone’ and ‘dst’ kernel parameters should be kept in sync with the ‘TZ’ variable. This was true in the past, when older system calls were used which referenced the kernel parameters. These two system calls are gettimeofday(2) and ftime(2). HP-UX applications and most third party applications do not use these system calls any more. The manpage for gettimeofday(2) states: “Programs should use this time zone information only in the absence of the ‘TZ’ environment variable.” As long as your application programs use standard libc functions to obtain timezone information, you do not have to set the ‘timezone’ or ‘dst’ kernel pa
