Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 08:56:33 -0500 From: DAve <dave.list@pixelhammer.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Day Light Savings time changes on March 11 Message-ID: <45E43891.3020709@pixelhammer.com> In-Reply-To: <erpedl$1okr$1@nermal.rz1.convenimus.net> References: <0AFEEDC5-5838-4721-9309-E743EFF5C0B0@techally.com> <45DC9589.6030606@pixelhammer.com> <erkgb3$1dkk$1@nermal.rz1.convenimus.net> <45DDC8D0.1090705@pixelhammer.com> <erpedl$1okr$1@nermal.rz1.convenimus.net>
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Christian Baer wrote: > On Thu, 22 Feb 2007 11:46:08 -0500 DAve wrote: > >>> Or am I missing the issue here? >> Not at all, I am thinking my next staff meeting I am going to propose >> just that solution. > > Now it might be that I think about a few things a little 'differently' > but as far as I can remember running a Unix box (which one that *only* > runs a Unix-like OS) on UTC is the usual default and i also recomended > as such. > > I am actually a little surprised that there are whole server-farms out > there (stimm) running on local time. > An ISP starts out with one mail server and a management server, they create tools that automate and report on the system. It is all in local time. Go forward ten years and now we have 15+ servers, all still using the same admin framework. When I came on board they did not have the time or resources to rewrite or change the management system. We still don't, but we are building out a new one under the radar, 30 minutes here, two hours there, etc. Meanwhile we have an old system which relies on local time. We have local users who do not require a "world view" in their use of the internet (local office to local office connections, local client base, local local local) and they want their mail headers and web reports in local time. So the servers run local time. No more reason than that. We will convert them, but it takes and plan, and a reason. DAve -- Three years now I've asked Google why they don't have a logo change for Memorial Day. Why do they choose to do logos for other non-international holidays, but nothing for Veterans? Maybe they forgot who made that choice possible.
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