On Tue, 14 Oct 1997 14:14:42 -0500,
wwgrol(_at_)sparc01(_dot_)fw(_dot_)hac(_dot_)com (W.
Wesley Groleau x4923) wrote:
In fact, I don't understand why just setting TZ doesn't work. But I'd set
it in the .procmailrc rather than the .forward
<foot in mouth mode, i.e. haven't really checked>
I'd have thought it's because unless it's exported (as David then
decided to suggest you might) it won't survive across the exec.
</foot> <!-- well, I hope :-->
I just had to work on a script (not procmail) that had
export TZ=GMT
<do something with 'date'>
export TZ=EST5
You should probably do this in a subshell instead of assuming you are
in EST5:
(
export TZ=GMT
# ...
) # Bring back the original TZ to life, whatever it was
Or if it's a one-liner, just
TZ=GMT date +%y%a%d%a%y%a%d%a
Hope this helps,
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