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From: Erik Norgaard <norgaard@locolomo.org>
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Subject: Re: Daylight Savings time
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Lisa Casey wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I suspect my FreeBSD 5.2 system isn't going to handle the change to Daylight Savings Time correctly next weekend:
> 
> zdump -v /etc/localtime | grep 2008
> /etc/localtime  Sun Apr  6 06:59:59 2008 UTC = Sun Apr  6 01:59:59 2008 EST isdst=0 gmtoff=-18000
> /etc/localtime  Sun Apr  6 07:00:00 2008 UTC = Sun Apr  6 03:00:00 2008 EDT isdst=1 gmtoff=-14400
> /etc/localtime  Sun Oct 26 05:59:59 2008 UTC = Sun Oct 26 01:59:59 2008 EDT isdst=1 gmtoff=-14400
> /etc/localtime  Sun Oct 26 06:00:00 2008 UTC = Sun Oct 26 01:00:00 2008 EST isdst=0 gmtoff=-18000
> 
> Could someone help me remember the steps I need to take to correct this?

IIRC DST dates were changed last year and patches made for 6.x and 
CURRENT. I suppose these where not merged to the legacy branches.

You can try zone files for a newer version, see if it works - or maybe 
while you're at it consider upgrading.

Cheers, Erik
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Erik Nørgaard
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