Re: Setting time

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On Friday 05 September 2003 11:42, james.oden@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> The timestamp is just seconds since EPOCH which has no knowledge of
> timezones.

Sure, seconds since EPOCH, but how does the box know how many sections?  
Well by the time set on the box...  what is the time on the box?  Well, 
depends on the timezone...  Especially since the hardware clock is set 
to local time and not UTC.  It's all so fun to think of...

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