Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2007 14:18:28 -0400 From: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net> To: "Bob Johnson" <fbsdlists@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Post DST changes Message-ID: <200703121816.l2CIGFDb018814@lava.sentex.ca> In-Reply-To: <54db43990703121100k1be31052m19cad6acef12f6c1@mail.gmail.co m> References: <200703121231.l2CCVN1d017433@lava.sentex.ca> <54db43990703121100k1be31052m19cad6acef12f6c1@mail.gmail.com>
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At 02:00 PM 3/12/2007, Bob Johnson wrote:
>On 3/12/07, Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net> wrote:
>>I am seeing some inconsistent and strange results after the DST
>>change this weekend. On all the boxes, it seems setup OK
>[...]
>>yet mixed in notice the /kernel entry... Its an hour off !?
>>
>>if I restart syslogd, it corrects it for the kernel entry, but not
>>for other applications. They all seem to log the time one hour back.
>>Most applications seem this way. On my more recent boxes this didnt
>>happen, but for some legacy RELENG_4 and older RELENG_5 and RELENG_6
>>boxes, the same odd behavior.
>
>Restart any programs that aren't picking up the time change.
>
> From the tzsetup(8) man page:
>"BUGS
> Programs which are already running when tzsetup creates or updates
> /etc/localtime will not reflect the updated timezone."
>
>- Bob
Note self, "Always read BUGS section from now on" :(
Thanks for pointing that out.
---Mike
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