From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 31 13:50:59 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B23FF106566B for ; Tue, 31 Mar 2009 13:50:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from colin@restecp.com) Received: from smtp.restecp.com (smtp.restecp.com [125.7.48.205]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 741B68FC14 for ; Tue, 31 Mar 2009 13:50:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from colin@restecp.com) Received: from smtp.restecp.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.restecp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 69A172282F; Tue, 31 Mar 2009 23:31:01 +1000 (EST) Received: from [10.117.1.111] (unknown [125.7.1.1]) by smtp.restecp.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 2AEAE22827; Tue, 31 Mar 2009 23:31:01 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: <49D21B2C.2020401@restecp.com> Date: Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:31:24 +1100 From: Colin House User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (Windows/20090302) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mel Flynn References: <200903310452.n2V4qTXk091526@banyan.cs.ait.ac.th> <200903310659.31371.mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> <200903310756.n2V7uEk7075938@banyan.cs.ait.ac.th> <200903311035.05492.mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> In-Reply-To: <200903311035.05492.mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.7 OpenPGP: id=2310D7D1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-6 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV using ClamSMTP Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Crontab for different ime zones X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 13:51:00 -0000 Mel Flynn wrote: .. > > Once a year, since you can use months and days. In fact, iirc DST changes are > known 5 years ahead (I'm sure I"ll be corrected if this is not the case) so > one can even run a yearly cronjob to change the crontab ;) > .. You might want to mention that to the Australian state governments; we've been getting a few months notice (might be a slight exaggeration, definately nowhere near 5 years!) for the last few years now :(