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Catalant PM UI on Unix uses incorrect TZ(timezone)

Catalant PM UI on Unix uses incorrect TZ(timezone)

Oct 14th, 2004 07:30
Kalu Ral, Engineer TCSI, http://www.consolidate-loan-student.com , http://www.0-apr-credit-card.biz , http://www.clearpathoverseas.com

Background
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After installing Catalant on a standalone server, I noticed that the 
PM 
UI was picking up the incorrect timezone, and hence, was plotting the 
PM 
graphs with a -1hr offset. 


Cause
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It appears the Java Virtual Machine on Sol28 is unable to determine 
the 
correct timezone settings on the SUN server. 

From a coding perspective

        //Java code in PerformancePanel
        Date currentTime = new java.util.Date() 

was returning the wrong value since it could not adjust for the 
appropriate timezone.


Fix:
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1. Make sure the TZ environment is set properly in your unix shell. 
   E.g., in ".cshrc", add
     setenv TZ "US/Pacific"
   where "US/Pacific" is the timezone for the host machine.

   If you use other unix shells, make sure the envvar is exported.

2. Edit $DeployRoot/config/env/sol28 and modify the following line:
     PASS_THRU = DeployRoot ARCH USER HOSTNAME HOME
   to
     PASS_THRU = DeployRoot ARCH USER HOSTNAME HOME TZ

   Basically, add "TZ" to the end of the line.

3. Make sure /etc/timezone is set appropriately.

That's it. The UI appears to work fine now.