Timezone issues

http://proftpd.org/docs/configuration.html#TimesGMT says the default for this config option is 'on' in versions 1.2.0pre9 and beyond, and that the command exists in those same versions. That said, my install (from src) of 1.2.0pre10 neither supports the directive nor uses GMT.

(And, of course, exporting TZ=GMT before running it doesn't help, since it overwrites its environment after starting. I presume this is why the directive was added.) Jim, the ChangeLog file in the current CVS source tree contains these entries dated after the release of 1.2.0pre10 (17 Jan 2000):

My copy of the pre10 doc/Configuration.html doesn't contain the TimesGMT directive, nor is there any code for it. So, it looks like it was added after pre10, and the documentation is flat out wrong about the time of its introduction.

Well, with the environment overwritten time will be reported GMT, so I don't think that was the motivation. FYI, the environment overwrite bug should be fixed (finally!) in the current CVS sources (but it had nothing to do with the TimesGMT directive). However, you also may need to apply the suggested fix for Bug#76, if you wish to compile the current CVS sources on most non-Linux systems: http://bugs.proftpd.org/show_bug.cgi?id=76 http://bugs.proftpd.org/showattachment.cgi?attach_id=27 So, it looks like it was added after pre10, and the documentation is flat out wrong about the time of its introduction.

It will be reported in whatever zoneinfo file /etc/localtime is (or is a symlink to). At least it is on my box.