Kbase 20182: Windows System Time, Autoexec.bat, and the TZ Variable
| Autor |
Progress Software Corporation - Progress |
| Acesso |
Público |
| Publicação |
04/08/2008 |
|
Status: Verified
FACT(s) (Environment):
Windows 95
Progress 9.x
SYMPTOM(s):
Query from the Procedure Editor to check the system time returned a time one hour earlier than the system time:
Display string(Time,'hh:mm:ss')
All system related time displays (bios included) showed the time accurately.
CAUSE:
The answer is incorrect employment of the little-known TZ variable in the autoexec.bat file on the machines that showed the incorrect time.
In this example, the autoexec.bat showed:
SET TZ=EST5
FIX:
The TZ variable should have been set, if at all, to the following:
SET TZ=EST5EDT