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Date:      Tue, 25 May 1999 09:14:34 +1000
From:      Andrew Johns <A_Johns@TurnAround.com.au>
To:        Keith <keith@apcs.com.au>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: time ?
Message-ID:  <3749DD5A.9D343A9D@TurnAround.com.au>
References:  <XFMail.990524201750.keith@apcs.com.au>

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Keith wrote:
> 
> Hi All
> 
> Can someone let me know why I have two time settings ?
> (EST as root and GME as user)
> 
> <snip>
> 
> root@wiz~#date
> Mon May 24 20:06:24 EST 1999
> 
> root@wiz~#exit
> 
> keith@wiz~>date
> Mon May 24 10:06:32 GMT 1999

I'm guessing that one of the accounts is setting the TZ environment variable, indicating to the shell and all processes 'below' it that the time zone
for the shell is different from the system time zone.

Check your .profile, .login, .cshrc for TZ settings.

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