Subj : Autoexec.bat.
To   : JEAN PARROT
From : Gerald Miller
Date : Mon Sep 19 2005 06:10 pm

Hello JEAN,

    Responding to a post in the WIN95 area:
    On Monday September 19 2005 at 09:15,
    JEAN PARROT [1:123/140] wrote to JEFF GUERDAT,
    about: Autoexec.bat.

 JP>         Once more,  a little help, please.

 JP>         I have a PRG here that needs to have the TZ entered into the
 JP>   autoexec.bat file. I did a search for that file and found it way
 JP>   down in the Windows folder. I typed in the data as :

 JP>                 SET TZ=EST5EDT

 JP>   Which I think is the proper format. It keeps asking for the TZ. Is
 JP>   there another autoexec.bat somewhere, not that far deep into the
 JP>   system that a Search did not find ?

The Time Zone variable has always been a very misunderstood issue.  :))

I think that someone has already advised you that the "EST5EDT" _may_
require a "-" before the "5" digit...  With the above variable, your Time
Zone may place you somewhere in Russia.  West (left) of GMT requires a
hyphen (minus symbol) before the digit; East (right) of GMT _may_
(optionally) require a plus before the digit.

Could you tell me what program requires the TZ variable?

I am running two programs (on a MS-DOS v6.22 box) that require Time Zone
variables and neither will use the same variable.

My GoldED editor requires the following (please remember that my Time Zone
is the Mountain TZ):

    SET TZ=MST7MDT6,M4.1.0/02:00,M10.5.0/02:00

[I know it looks a little confusing, but if you require an explanation,
just let me know....]

and my FrontDoor mailer program requires:

    iff %@filedate[C:\4d\4b\D&S_COL.BTM] eq %STD_DATE then %+
    ::        MST     -0700   Mountain Standard Time
      set TZUTC=-0700
    elseiff %@filedate[C:\4d\4b\D&S_COL.BTM] eq %DAY_DATE then %+
    ::        MDT     -0600   Mountain Daylight Saving Time
      set TZUTC=-0600
    endiff

(the above is a 4DOS Batch To Memory snippet and the "C:\4d\4b\D&S_COL.BTM"
reference is also a 4DOS Batch To Memory file that changes my system clock
when the change-over occurs and places a date / time stamp on that file.)

           Cheers ... Gerald

.... Dirt's for racin' on. Asphalt is for making roads to get to the track!
--- GoldED+/DPMI32 v1.1.5-040330 [msg of September 19, 2005]
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