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Date:      Mon, 27 Oct 1997 08:03:15 -0500 (EST)
From:      Thomas David Rivers <rivers@dignus.com>
To:        garbanzo@hooked.net, grog@lemis.com
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Daylight savings time?
Message-ID:  <199710271303.IAA03000@lakes.dignus.com>

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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
> 

 I'll just add to this - my FreeBSD 2.2-970510 machine didn't
handle daylight saving's time correctly this go 'round.  I was logged
on across the time switch; and when I returned, the clock (and the
date) command were one hour off... i.e. the change hadn't occurred.

 When I rebooted - things were fine.

 My localtime should be pointing to EDT...

	- Dave Rivers -



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