I followed the instructions in the 'Set the TimeZone" HowTo but I'm getting all kinds of problems. If I remove the TZ extension some of them go away, but not in the Calendar.

Now what?

Warning: putenv() [function.putenv]: Safe Mode warning: Cannot set environment variable 'TZ' - it's not in the allowed list in /home/abumcweb/public_html/typo3conf/ext/de_timezone/pi1/class.tx_detimezone_pi1.php(84) : eval()'d code on line 1

Warning: putenv() [function.putenv]: Safe Mode warning: Cannot set environment variable 'TZ' - it's not in the allowed list in /home/abumcweb/public_html/typo3conf/ext/de_timezone/pi1/class.tx_detimezone_pi1.php(84) : eval()'d code on line 1

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/abumcweb/public_html/typo3conf/ext/de_timezone/pi1/class.tx_detimezone_pi1.php(84) : eval()'d code:1) in /home/abumcweb/public_html/typo3/sysext/cms/tslib/class.tslib_fe.php on line 3221

Now that's interesting.

My host support type sayed
" I created a link to your php.ini file in the typo3 directory. "

And all kinds of problems went away.
Just don't ask me to explain it.

Greg,
I'm betting your host turned off safe mode as part of this change. It's intended to turn off some potentially dangerous things in the PHP language but it also turns off some important capabilities so TYPO3 and many other content management systems are much better off without safe mode.

If you want to double check this, you can go to the Basic Configuration section of the Install Tool at mysite.com/typo3/install/ where there's a test there for safe mode.

Thanks,
Jeff

Yep, the safe mode is off. How much of a problem is this?

Greg,
No problem at all. Safe is actually going away completely in PHP 6.0.

Thanks,
Jeff