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From: David Tolpin <dvd@davidashen.net>
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To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: RE: [9fans] dhcp & metanames
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Date: Sun,  7 Mar 2004 18:13:37 +0400
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>
> Still, why are date(1) and friends telling the time in GMT
> when  $timezone is set differently?
>

timezone is meant to be set from /adm/timezone/local; the parser
requires a linefeed at the end. Set it to

timezone='EET 7200 EDT 10800
'

It will work.