TIMEZONE - Set timezone difference between Robo-FTP and an FTP site

TIMEZONE Set timezone difference between Robo-FTP and an FTP site

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Syntax:	TIMEZONE	[ tz ]
Arguments:	[ tz ]	Optional Variable or numeric value specifying the number of hours that must be added to or subtracted from the current server time to match the local time on your PC.
Options:	None

In versions prior to v2.0, this same function was performed using the /tz option on various commands. The /tz option is still supported but this is now the recommended method for timezone management.

Use the TIMEZONE command to account for differences in timezones between Robo-FTP and the FTP site. This is important for accurate file date/time stamp comparisons that occur in commands like FILECOMPARETO, GETSITEFILE, and with options like /ifnewer on the SENDFILE and RCVFILE commands.

For example, if you are using Robo-FTP in the Central U.S. timezone and the FTP site is set up to store file date/time stamps using GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) then there is a six-hour difference between the file system times of Robo-FTP’s PC and the FTP site. To account for this, the command would be:

TIMEZONE -6

If you are using Robo-FTP in the Central U.S. timezone and the FTP site is located in the Eastern U.S. timezone and is using local time, then there is a one-hour difference between the file system times of Robo-FTP’s PC and the FTP site. In this case, the command would be:

TIMEZONE -1

Finally, if the FTP site is located in the Pacific U.S. timezone and is using local time, then there is a two-hour difference the other way between the file system times of Robo-FTP’s PC and the FTP site. To allow for this, the command which indicates that the FTP site is two hours behind would be:

TIMEZONE +2

Variables can also be used:

SET tz = "+2"

TIMEZONE tz