[ct-user] Time

[Andrew J. O'Brien]

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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