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Apache does not pass the TZ enviromnent variable to CGI scripts, so that
the OS date routines are likely to get the timezone wrong. Here is a patch
to 0.8.16:

Subject: Fix big in system time routines in CGI scripts
Affects: util_script.c
ChangeLog: Pass TZ environment variable to CGI scripts

*** util_script.c.orig Tue Oct 10 23:00:35 1995
--- util_script.c Mon Nov 6 16:36:45 1995
***************
*** 103,112 ****
{
array_header *env_arr = table_elts (t);
table_entry *elts = (table_entry *)env_arr->elts;
! char **env = (char **)palloc (p, (env_arr->nelts + 1) *sizeof (char *));
int i, j;
!
! for (i = 0, j = 0; i < env_arr->nelts; ++i) {
if (!elts[i].key) continue;
env[j++] = pstrcat (p, elts[i].key, "=", elts[i].val, NULL);
}
--- 103,116 ----
{
array_header *env_arr = table_elts (t);
table_entry *elts = (table_entry *)env_arr->elts;
! char **env = (char **)palloc (p, (env_arr->nelts + 2) *sizeof (char *));
int i, j;
! char *tz;
!
! j = 0;
! tz = getenv("TZ");
! if (tz!= NULL) env[j++] = pstrcat(p, "TZ=", tz, NULL);
! for (i = 0; i < env_arr->nelts; ++i) {
if (!elts[i].key) continue;
env[j++] = pstrcat (p, elts[i].key, "=", elts[i].val, NULL);
}