From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Oct 27 00:45:57 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id AAA27500 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 27 Oct 1997 00:45:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (gregl1.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.136.133]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id AAA27489 for ; Mon, 27 Oct 1997 00:45:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) id TAA11780; Mon, 27 Oct 1997 19:15:43 +1030 (CST) Message-ID: <19971027191542.52641@lemis.com> Date: Mon, 27 Oct 1997 19:15:42 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: Alex Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Daylight savings time? References: <19971027150720.01157@lemis.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.84e In-Reply-To: ; from Alex on Sun, Oct 26, 1997 at 11:35:14PM -0800 Organisation: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Fight-Spam-Now: http://www.cauce.org Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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