It is an environment variable. You need a line
SET TZ=EDT5
in the autoexec.bat file.
----- Original Message -----
From: Andrew J. O'Brien <obrienaj@netsync.net>
To: David Riley <n8ia@att.net>; <ct-user@contesting.com>
Sent: October 29, 1999 3:03 AM
Subject: Re: [ct-user] Time
>
> Does not work at my end, perhaps I am doing it wrong? I tried entering in
> TZ=EDT5 in the qso entry area (callsign) but time does not change. Is
this
> supposed to be in a set up file somewhere ?
>
> Andy.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: David Riley <n8ia@att.net>
> To: <ct-user@contesting.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 1999 10:20 PM
> Subject: Re: [ct-user] win98-ct
>
>
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Andrew J. O'Brien <obrienaj@netsync.net>
> > To: Bill Hider <billhider@taad.com>; <ct-user@contesting.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 1999 9:17 PM
> > Subject: Re: [ct-user] win98-ct
> >
> >
> > >
> > > Yup, but wondering if we can have CT display UTC time and the system
> clock
> > > our real time/date?
> > >
> >
> > If you check the release notes, you'll notice this function was added in
> > 9.34
> >
> > 73 Dave N8IA (ex KG8W)
> >
> >
> >
> > >From the release notes...
> >
> > * CT assumes your computer is set to UTC. If you wish to leave it on
> > local time, set the TZ environment variable. For example:
> >
> > SET TZ=EST5 // eastern standard time 5 hours behind
> > SET TZ=PDT7 // pacific daylight time 7 hours behind
> > SET TZ=CEU-2 // european central time 2 hours ahead
> > SET TZ NST3:30 // newfoundland std time 3 hours 30 minutes behind
> >
> > The first three letters of the TZ spec don't mean anything, but the time
> > offset does. For example,
> >
> > SET TZ=XYZ-6:27 // tells CT to assume you are 6 hours, 27 minutes
> > // ahead of UTC
> >
> > CT will automatically compute UTC based on the TZ variable. CT won't
> > compensate for daylight savings, avoiding the sudden change in time
> > during CQWW SSB.
> >
> >
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> >
>
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