$ date Thu Apr 17 09:33:50 BST 2003 $ echo $TZ $ TZ=GMT0 date Thu Apr 17 08:34:02 GMT 2003 $ TZ=xyz-167 date Thu Apr 24 07:39:40 xyz 2003 $ If TZ is set, then its value is used. If it isn't set then the timezone information comes from elsewhere - probably the LOCALE. David -- David Laight: david at l8s.co.uk