From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 2 07:49:04 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7515016A41A for ; Fri, 2 Nov 2007 07:49:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chris#@1command.com) Received: from mail.1command.com (mail.1command.com [75.160.109.226]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0903413C494 for ; Fri, 2 Nov 2007 07:49:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chris#@1command.com) Received: from mail.1command.com (localhost.1command.com [127.0.0.1]) by mail.1command.com (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id lA28m2DR002011; Fri, 2 Nov 2007 00:48:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from chris#@1command.com) Received: (from www@localhost) by mail.1command.com (8.13.3/8.13.3/Submit) id lA28m2k3002010; Fri, 2 Nov 2007 00:48:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from chris#@1command.com) Received: from hitme.hitometer.net (hitme.hitometer.net [75.160.109.235]) by webmail.1command.com (H.R. Communications Messaging System) with HTTP; Fri, 02 Nov 2007 00:48:02 -0800 Message-ID: <20071102004802.lrhhecgjzwgs00sk@webmail.1command.com> X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Date: Fri, 02 Nov 2007 00:48:02 -0800 From: "Chris H." To: d@delphij.net, LI Xin References: <20071101225544.wys3pvc4ggs84cok@webmail.1command.com> <472ACDE9.9090509@delphij.net> <20071101233017.ul8kpfjfms4s4ccc@webmail.1command.com> <472AD520.3030802@delphij.net> In-Reply-To: <472AD520.3030802@delphij.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format="flowed" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit User-Agent: H.R. Communications Internet Messaging System (HCIMS) 4.1 Professional (not for redistribution) / FreeBSD-5.5 Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: date/time trouble - PST came too early X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 02 Nov 2007 07:49:04 -0000 Quoting LI Xin : > Chris H. wrote: >> Quoting LI Xin : >> >>> Chris H. wrote: >>>> Any advice would be *greatly* appreciated. >>> >>> Install /usr/ports/misc/zoneinfo or upgrade your system to a recent >>> release (preferred), e.g. RELENG_6_2 aka FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE. >>> >>> Re-run tzsetup and choose your time zone accordingly. You will need to >>> restart the time-sensitive services afterward, or reboot the whole >>> system :-) >>> >>> Cheers, >>> -- >> >> Hello Xin LI, and thank you for your quick response. >> >> FWIW The system already knows what timezone it lives in. It simply chose >> to change to PST according to the /normal/ standards. What happened here >> in the USA, is that president Bush decided that we'd be better served here >> if we waited an additional week to set our clocks back one hour. So. It >> seems >> this particular server decided to ignore our president (not that I blame >> it) >> and set the clock back one hour on the /usual/ date. :) >> As an experiment, what I have done was bounce the server and set the clock >> in the BIOS ahead 1 day > save settings > reboot. My /initial/ findings >> seemed hopeful. But, given that I run ntpdate as a cron job, the first time >> the job ran, all went back to the /wrong/ dime/date. So as I must wait >> for 6.3, I'm just going to end the ntpdate cron job until PST /really/ >> occurs; >> unless of course someone has a better solution. :) >> >> Thanks again for taking the time and effort to respond. > > I think you have misunderstood me. I knew what you wanted, which is a > corrected day of PDT->PST transition. > > The reason why you want to install misc/zoneinfo or a more recent > release of FreeBSD is exactly because that we have updated it for the > modified standards. For me, America -> United States -> Pacific Time > works just fine. Ahhh, right you are. I /did/ misunderstand you. Thanks for taking the time to /enlighten me. :P I'll do as you suggest. Thanks again for your time. --Chris > > Cheers, > -- > Xin LI http://www.delphij.net/ > FreeBSD - The Power to Serve! > > -- panic: kernel trap (ignored)