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If you're using the ActiveState distribution of Perl AND you've set the TZ environment variable
(TZ=MST7MDT), your localtime() will report the wrong time. It's not Perl that needs to be fixed. Perl
with TZ uses the Microsoft Visual C Runtime library (msvcrt.dll) to keep track of which years have
which rules. If you haven't set TZ then Perl just uses what Windows gives it.</span></font>
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Here's the page at Activestate to start you through the fix process.</span></font>
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http://support.activestate.com/faq/activeperl-and-the-2007-d</span></font>
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At the end of the install process the installer asked if I wanted to reboot now or later. When I
clicked "later" the computer shut down anyway, crashing a bunch of things on the way. I (now)
recommend closing all applications <i>before</i> installing this update.</span></font>
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Why use TZ? The Date::Manip module uses it and you can get accurate time information for past years
in localtime(), as opposed to using the Windows regional time setting.</span></font>
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Joe Calkins</span></font>
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