If I set the TZ environment variable to my timezone (currently PST), Date::Manip::ParseDate seems to incorrectly parse the string 'today' as GMT.

For instance: 

$ perl -MDate::Manip -e 'print UnixDate(ParseDate("today"),"%C"),"\n"'
+; date +"%c"
Mon Sep  8 17:15:03 -0700 2003
Mon 08 Sep 2003 05:15:03 PM PDT

  # okay so far, the output matches that of UNIX 'date'

$ TZ=PDT perl -MDate::Manip -e 'print UnixDate(ParseDate("today"),"%C"
+),"\n"'; date +"%c"
Tue Sep  9 00:15:04 -0700 2003
Mon 08 Sep 2003 05:15:04 PM PDT

  # why does Date::Manip give me GMT and report -0700???

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Does anyone know what's going on with Date::Manip?



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In reply to setting TZ causes Date::Manip to report incorrect time by meonkeys

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