Re: date/time settings working correctly?

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Peter Lauri wrote:
> With the given output, do you suspect something is wrong? EET is GMT+2,
> but they give different time. What I did I executed data, changed to
> GMT+2 timezone settings, and then executed date again. GMT+2 is treated
> as GMT-2 should be treated.
> 
> [lauri@essrv103nok15745 Plugins]$ date
> Wed Dec  5 14:28:51 EET 2007
> [lauri@essrv103nok15745 Plugins]$ date
> Wed Dec  5 10:29:09 GMT+2 2007
> 
I think there may be a misunderstanding about what GMT+2 means. It
is not adding 2 hours to GMT. It describes the time zone that is 2
hours after GMT. Think of it as the place where noon is to hours
later then GMT.

Mikkel
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