Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2013 18:56:58 -0400 From: Fbsd8 <fbsd8@a1poweruser.com> To: Ben Cottrell <tamino@wolfhut.org> Cc: FreeBSD questions <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: day light saving time happened today Message-ID: <513D0FBA.1070303@a1poweruser.com> In-Reply-To: <5C91A731-BF1E-4FD2-AB26-5348F0685967@wolfhut.org> References: <513CC4C4.8080405@a1poweruser.com> <CBB33B02-5AED-4AAC-B517-A3F36999924F@wolfhut.org> <513D0026.6030109@a1poweruser.com> <5C91A731-BF1E-4FD2-AB26-5348F0685967@wolfhut.org>
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Ben Cottrell wrote: > On Mar 10, 2013, at 14:50, Fbsd8 <fbsd8@a1poweruser.com> wrote: >> # /root >find /usr/share/zoneinfo -type f -print | xargs md5 | grep `md5 -q /etc /localtime` >> MD5 (/usr/share/zoneinfo/America/New_York) = e4ca381035a34b7a852184cc0dd89baa > > That's really, really odd. I'm confused. > > If you run "date" does it show the time zone as EST or EDT? If you > have python installed, you might also try: > > python -c 'import time; print time.localtime().tm_isdst' > (it should be 1) > > Is the year correct? I mean, could it be thinking it's some different > year, where the time zone rules are different? > > Now *I'm* curious. :-) I've honestly never seen a system do that > before. If you figure it out, I hope you'll let either me, or the > list, know what it was! > > ~Ben > date command shows Sun Mar 10 16:50:33 EDT 2013 No python on my system. The real question is does New York State have day light saving time?
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