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On 01/16, Mark Rivers via Tech-talk wrote:
> Ø  Error (511,511) PV: 13SIM1::TIMEZONE devStringinEnvVar (init_record) Illegal INP parm field
> 
> I now understand this problem.  The iocStats file Db/iocAdminSoft.substitutions contains this line:
> 
>         { "$(IOC)" , TIMEZONE     , EPICS_TIMEZONE                  , epics  }
> 
> The problem is that as of 3.15.7 the EPICS_TIMEZONE environment variable has been replaced by EPICS_TZ.  Replacing  EPICS_TIMEZONE in this file with EPICS_TZ eliminates this error.
> 
> The question is how to modify this file so it will work on versions before and after 3.15.7.

I'm not trolling, but for what it's worth, this is exactly the kind of
stuff I'm talking about when talking about backward compatibility.

Regards,

Lewis

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Question about two minor issues with IOCs Wlodek, Jakub via Tech-talk

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