Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 10:14:35 +0930 From: Malcolm Kay <malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Prakash GP <gouda422@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: switch to/from Daylight savings doesn't happen Message-ID: <200510261014.36079.malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> In-Reply-To: <20051025233037.5150.qmail@web36315.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <20051025233037.5150.qmail@web36315.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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On Wed, 26 Oct 2005 09:00 am, Prakash GP wrote: > Hi, > > FreeBSD 4.5 doesn't seem to auto-switch to/from DST at the > right time. > > ----------%<----------%<----------%<----------%<----------%<-- >-------- > > # setenv TZ :/usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Los_Angeles > It would seem that the use of the TZ environment variable is somewhat deprecated. I suggest you get rid of it, and then use 'tzsetup' to set your time zone. This is menu driven -- doesn't require command line arguments. Apart from the choice of UTC or wall time for your CMOS clock, I believe the equivalent result can be achieved by copying /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Los_Angeles to /etc/localtime. Malcolm Kay
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