Item Subject: Message text > With the 5.0 release, CI variables are inherited into the initial > environment of POSIX programs. A simple way to set the proper TZ > value is to have a system-wide logon udc set it for everybody. Steve, Sorry but this information appears to be incorrect. Let's look at my vanilla X.50.50 system... /etc/profile contains: # Set the following variable to the appropriate value for the timezone # you are in. Refer to the timezone manual page in section 5 of the # reference manual for more information. export TZ=GMT0 And within the shell I get: ######################################################################## MPE/iX Shell and Utilities (A.50.01) COPYRIGHT (c) Hewlett-Packard Company 1992, All Rights Reserved. ######################################################################## shell/iX> env TZ=GMT0 shell/iX> callci "showvar tz" TZ = MST7 shell/iX> So.................... /isaac