[amsat-bb] Re: IT-1.50 _vs_ new TZ rules

[Doug Kuitula]

Alan,
 I did the same with est and it seems to work fine. I'll just have to
remember to change it on the first Sunday of April.
73 de Doug KA8QCU

----- Original Message -----
From: "Alan Sieg WB5RMG" <wb5rmg at somenet.net>
To: <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2008 09:51
Subject: [amsat-bb] IT-1.50 _vs_ new TZ rules


> I guess I wasn't tracking as much last year when they re-arranged the
> Daylight Saving TZ rules... It appears that InstantTrack is confused.
> The clock time is ok, but it thinks it is still Standard Time which
> throws the UTC offset... Only thing that comes to mind is to force it
> in the file "it.ini" with a line "timezone = CDT5" ...
>
> Unless there is a better workaround that I missed, thought I'd offer
> this solution for anyone else that may still enjoy InstantTrack.
> This has been one of my favorite programs for almost 20 years now.
>   Thanks again Franklin and Paul !!!     73         Bravo-Zulu
> --
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