From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Dec 11 21:18: 6 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B6A437B401 for ; Wed, 11 Dec 2002 21:18:05 -0800 (PST) Received: from chen.org.nz (chen.org.nz [210.54.19.51]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 34EB743EB2 for ; Wed, 11 Dec 2002 21:18:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jonc@chen.org.nz) Received: from grimoire.chen.org.nz (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by chen.org.nz (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id gBC5HeOg030443; Thu, 12 Dec 2002 18:17:40 +1300 (NZDT) (envelope-from jonc@grimoire.chen.org.nz) Received: (from jonc@localhost) by grimoire.chen.org.nz (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id gBC5Hd2u030442; Thu, 12 Dec 2002 18:17:39 +1300 (NZDT) Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 18:17:39 +1300 From: Jonathan Chen To: Jeff Bogari Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Support with date command and DST issues - 4.7-RELEASE Message-ID: <20021212051739.GB30387@grimoire.chen.org.nz> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, Dec 11, 2002 at 11:30:11AM -0800, Jeff Bogari wrote: > Please advise as to where to pursue resources on the date command, > specifically, help or examples regarding setting (reinstating) daylight > savings time. Man pages have been inadequate on this sub-topic, and > extensive web search has provided only anecdotal information. All you have to do is to choose the right city via tzsetup(8). The system handles daylight-savings transitions all by itself. -- Jonathan Chen ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message