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Date:      Fri, 25 Aug 2000 12:46:45 +1000 (EST)
From:      "Daniel O'Callaghan" <danny@clari.net.au>
To:        "'general@vicfug.au.freebsd.org'" <general@vicfug.au.freebsd.org>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Daylight Saving Timezones for the Olympics
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.1000825122821.26689Z-100000@helium.clari.net.au>
In-Reply-To: <B181B88D3C3CD011A3DE08001701DE4A815726@exchange.knx.com.au>

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Hi All,

Daylight Saving starts this weekend in NSW, VIC and ACT.  Machines running
FreeBSD 4.0-RELEASE or later should have the correct timezone files
already, but earlier OS versions might need to be updated. 

How to test for the correct file
--------------------------------
Enter the following command :-

 zdump -v Australia/Melbourne | fgrep 2000

The last line should be

 Australia/Melbourne  Sat Aug 26 16:00:00 2000 UTC = Sun Aug 27 03:00:00
 2000 EST isdst=1 gmtoff=39600


How to update your system
-------------------------

I have put the correct versions of Sydney and Melbourne TZ info onto the
ClariNET Internet Solutions web site, so that residents of NSW, ACT and
VIC can update their systems.

1. Become root
2. cd /usr/share/zoneinfo/Australia
3. enter the following commands
   fetch http://www.clari.net.au/times/Melbourne
   fetch http://www.clari.net.au/times/Sydney

You should check that /etc/localtime is a symlink to the appropriate zone
file.

Cheers,

Danny




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