Date: Mon, 5 Apr 1999 03:18:30 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <marko@uk.radan.com> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: flygt@sr.se, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Timezone question Message-ID: <19990405031830.I257@marder-1.localhost> In-Reply-To: <19990405113252.P2142@lemis.com>; from Greg Lehey on Mon, Apr 05, 1999 at 11:32:52AM %2B0930 References: <19990404044642.A60884@sr.se> <19990404132026.T2142@lemis.com> <19990404125723.A61426@sr.se> <19990405010416.L299@marder-1.localhost> <19990405095153.I2142@lemis.com> <19990405015204.A257@marder-1.localhost> <19990405104028.K2142@lemis.com> <19990405024530.E257@marder-1.localhost> <19990405113252.P2142@lemis.com>
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On Mon, Apr 05, 1999 at 11:32:52AM +0930, Greg Lehey wrote: > On Monday, 5 April 1999 at 2:45:30 +0100, Mark Ovens wrote: > > > > which I take to mean that my CMOS clock *was* adjusted by adjkerntz > > -a since I don't have a UTC CMOS clock (because of the existence > > of /etc/wall_cmos_clock). Is this correct? > > Yes, I assume so. > Perhaps I'll try and remember to have the PC turned off when the clocks go back in October, just to satisfy my own curiosity. Thanks for taking the time to explain things. > > Damn. I was right. A question in the pub quiz tonight was "Which > > is the only Australian state without an 's' in it's name?". I > > rembered your e-mail and answered "Northern Territory" but was told > > I was wrong, it was Victoria. > > They're right. Australia has 6 states and two territories. A > territory isn't a state. > I've learned something new. I thought "Northern Territory" was just the name of a state. > >> point. I'm off to the AUUGwet conference in Darwin NT next week, and > >> I'm wondering how to bring the matter to their attention. > > > > Turn up an hour late (or early?) for the conference and tell them > > their clocks are wrong, because Windows says so :-) > > It would probably be a convincing argument. > Might make you unpopular at a UUG meeting though. > Greg > -- > When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. > For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html > See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers > finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key > -- FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~markov _______________________________________________________________ Mark Ovens, CNC Apps Engineer, Radan Computational Ltd. Bath UK CAD/CAM solutions for Sheetmetal Working Industry mailto:marko@uk.radan.com http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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