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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