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Date:      Mon, 11 Mar 2013 09:18:23 -0500
From:      Noel <noeldude@gmail.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: day light saving time happened today
Message-ID:  <513DE7AF.6090509@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <513DD2E9.2040700@a1poweruser.com>
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On 3/11/2013 7:49 AM, Fbsd8 wrote:
>
> Even though the system is now on DST the date command still
> displays EDT. Does the date command ever show DST?

EDT = Eastern Daylight Time timezone
not to be confused with
EST = Eastern Standard Time timezone
not to be confused with
DST = daylight savings time, not a timezone, never shown on a computer.

Your system correctly switched to daylight savings time, as verified
by the EDT timezone indicator.  Most likely the clock was already an
hour slow before the time change.



  -- Noel Jones





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