RE: [misterhouse-users] Re: time_zone and daylight savings?

[Bruce W. <br...@mi...>]

> > To the best of my understanding, Misterhouse doesn't care.  The real
> > question is "What is the time on the Linux box set to?".
>
> UTC, of course, since it's a UNIX machine. :-)
>
> UNIX keeps time in UTC, and then converts to local time dynamically;
> there's a complicated package that keeps track of DST rules around the
> world.
>
> MH has a configurtation parameter for timezone (hours west of UTC), but
> it apparently doesn't correct for DST. I'll look at the code required to
> do so once my current deadline passes...

The other thing to watch out for is Perl will use the TZ variable if you
have it set.

Bruce