Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 10:37:12 -0400 From: Jerry <jerry@seibercom.net> To: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: day light saving time happened today Message-ID: <20130311103712.79287cb9@scorpio> In-Reply-To: <513DE7AF.6090509@gmail.com> References: <513CC4C4.8080405@a1poweruser.com> <CBB33B02-5AED-4AAC-B517-A3F36999924F@wolfhut.org> <513D0026.6030109@a1poweruser.com> <5C91A731-BF1E-4FD2-AB26-5348F0685967@wolfhut.org> <513D0FBA.1070303@a1poweruser.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1303101918140.58286@tripel.monochrome.org> <44fw02lt0d.fsf@lowell-desk.lan> <513D369C.8080907@a1poweruser.com> <20130310215632.3c0344f2@europa> <513D3EEB.3020201@a1poweruser.com> <57B1D1B8-5DBC-41C9-AB76-55687AB45359@wolfhut.org> <513DD2E9.2040700@a1poweruser.com> <513DE7AF.6090509@gmail.com>
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On Mon, 11 Mar 2013 09:18:23 -0500 Noel articulated: > 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. Just wondering, but do you have NTP running to keep the time accurate? -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __________________________________________________________________
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