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Date:      Mon, 27 Oct 1997 19:15:42 +1030
From:      Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
To:        Alex <garbanzo@hooked.net>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Daylight savings time?
Message-ID:  <19971027191542.52641@lemis.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.96.971026233419.201C-100000@fish.hooked.net>; from Alex on Sun, Oct 26, 1997 at 11:35:14PM -0800
References:  <19971027150720.01157@lemis.com> <Pine.BSI.3.96.971026233419.201C-100000@fish.hooked.net>

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On Sun, Oct 26, 1997 at 11:35:14PM -0800, Alex wrote:
> On Mon, 27 Oct 1997, Greg Lehey wrote:
>
>> On Sun, Oct 26, 1997 at 08:38:26PM -0800, Alex wrote:
>>> Just outta curiosity, does FBSD automagically adjust to daylight savings
>>> times?  Or will I have to muck around in the bios?
>>
>> That's a funny message to send on Sun, 26 Oct 1997 20:38:26 -0800
>> (PST).  Yes, it has already automatically adjusted for you :-)
>
> No it hasn't.  That message was sent at 7:38.

Hmmm.  Did you change the date manually, or did you reboot?  Normally
it's automatic, and it's telling us that the time zone is PST, 8 hours
behind UTC, both of which are correct for the time it specifies.

>> FreeBSD doesn't use the BIOS.
>
> My BIOS apparently lacks a daylight savings setting.

FreeBSD doesn't use the BIOS.

Greg



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