Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2009 17:54:07 +0200 From: Stefan Bethke <stb@lassitu.de> To: grarpamp <grarpamp@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: tzsetup and EST5EDT Message-ID: <107BC6AC-0CF6-423F-8AD9-843DA1370035@lassitu.de> In-Reply-To: <d2e731a10909080024p7f2f456bi2794a122e5333d6a@mail.gmail.com> References: <d2e731a10909080024p7f2f456bi2794a122e5333d6a@mail.gmail.com>
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Am 08.09.2009 um 09:24 schrieb grarpamp: > Can't seem to set EST5EDT using the menus: > wall: yes > region: america > country: united states > zone: all eastern time choices, 1~10, come up with EST. > Almost certain this is wrong. > info google: EST EST5EDT > Use > 'cp /usr/share/zoneinfo/EST5EDT /etc/localtime' > or > 'echo y | tzsetup -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/EST5EDT' > instead. > RELENG_8 I get EDT for "1 - Eastern Time" when running sysinstall on an installed system. Is your local clock on the right day? If you think sysinstall should produce "EST5EDT", you're expecting the wrong thing. For quite some time, it's given the time zone abbreviation appropriate to the chosen location for the current date and time. I don't remember if that was ever different. Stefan -- Stefan Bethke <stb@lassitu.de> Fon +49 151 14070811
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