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Date:      Sun, 9 Feb 2003 12:27:15 +0000
From:      Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com>
To:        Thomas Seck <tmseck-lists@netcologne.de>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Invalid ps start time values for kernel processes ?
Message-ID:  <200302091227.15188.wes@softweyr.com>
In-Reply-To: <20030208184708.GA705@laurel.tmseck.homedns.org>
References:  <200302081350.33720.paul.koch@statscout.com> <200302081422.h18EMcud028557@lurza.secnetix.de> <20030208184708.GA705@laurel.tmseck.homedns.org>

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On Saturday 08 February 2003 18:47, Thomas Seck wrote:
> * Oliver Fromme (olli@secnetix.de):
> > However, if the CMOS clock runs in local time, then there
> > is no way for the kernel to convert it to UTC, because the
> > kernel does not know what your local timezone is.  How
> > should it know?
>
> NetBSD allows you (when I last looked at it, it was 1.5.something) to
> set a kernel variable for the difference between CMOS time and UTC at
> compile time. You would then need two kernels to reflect DST.

Or a hint with the offset, and an operator or program smart enough 
to change the hint on DST changes.

-- 

        Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?

Wes Peters                                               wes@softweyr.com


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