Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2007 15:36:20 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: Javier Henderson <javier@kjsl.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Daylight savings time / 6.1 and 4.11 Message-ID: <45B236F4.2050203@infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <0B2FA6A3-A572-4A1B-944D-CFA490827ECD@kjsl.com> References: <~B45b012c10000.45b035cd0000.0001.mml.1959332346@svmailmel.bytecraft.internal> <C2D4EA0D-CDD9-45D9-B119-31396ADBF618@cc.usu.edu> <45B1E278.7000607@infracaninophile.co.uk> <0B2FA6A3-A572-4A1B-944D-CFA490827ECD@kjsl.com>
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Javier Henderson wrote:
>> Your /etc/localtime is probably a copy of the old zoneinfo data, left
>> over from a previous incarnation.
>=20
> My system at home is running 6.2-RELEASE:
>=20
>> zdump -v /etc/localtime | more
>=20
> (...)
>=20
> /etc/localtime Sun Mar 31 06:59:59 1918 UTC =3D Sun Mar 31 01:59:59 19=
18
> EST isdst=3D0 gmtoff=3D-18000
> /etc/localtime Sun Mar 31 07:00:00 1918 UTC =3D Sun Mar 31 03:00:00 19=
18
> EDT isdst=3D1 gmtoff=3D-14400
> /etc/localtime Sun Oct 27 05:59:59 1918 UTC =3D Sun Oct 27 01:59:59 19=
18
> EDT isdst=3D1 gmtoff=3D-14400
> /etc/localtime Sun Oct 27 06:00:00 1918 UTC =3D Sun Oct 27 01:00:00 19=
18
> EST isdst=3D0 gmtoff=3D-18000
>=20
> Same if I look at /usr/share/zoneinfo/EST5EDT.
>=20
> I looked in the files for the zoneinfo port, same deal.
>=20
> What am I missing?
Errr --- why are you looking at when daylight savings changes happened
in 1918? Try something like this:
happy-idiot-talk:~:% zdump -v /usr/share/zoneinfo/EST5EDT | grep '200[67]=
'
/usr/share/zoneinfo/EST5EDT Sun Apr 2 06:59:59 2006 UTC =3D Sun Apr 2 =
01:59:59 2006 EST isdst=3D0 gmtoff=3D-18000
/usr/share/zoneinfo/EST5EDT Sun Apr 2 07:00:00 2006 UTC =3D Sun Apr 2 =
03:00:00 2006 EDT isdst=3D1 gmtoff=3D-14400
/usr/share/zoneinfo/EST5EDT Sun Oct 29 05:59:59 2006 UTC =3D Sun Oct 29 =
01:59:59 2006 EDT isdst=3D1 gmtoff=3D-14400
/usr/share/zoneinfo/EST5EDT Sun Oct 29 06:00:00 2006 UTC =3D Sun Oct 29 =
01:00:00 2006 EST isdst=3D0 gmtoff=3D-18000
/usr/share/zoneinfo/EST5EDT Sun Mar 11 06:59:59 2007 UTC =3D Sun Mar 11 =
01:59:59 2007 EST isdst=3D0 gmtoff=3D-18000
/usr/share/zoneinfo/EST5EDT Sun Mar 11 07:00:00 2007 UTC =3D Sun Mar 11 =
03:00:00 2007 EDT isdst=3D1 gmtoff=3D-14400
/usr/share/zoneinfo/EST5EDT Sun Nov 4 05:59:59 2007 UTC =3D Sun Nov 4 =
01:59:59 2007 EDT isdst=3D1 gmtoff=3D-14400
/usr/share/zoneinfo/EST5EDT Sun Nov 4 06:00:00 2007 UTC =3D Sun Nov 4 =
01:00:00 2007 EST isdst=3D0 gmtoff=3D-18000
Cheers,
Matthew
--=20
Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard
Flat 3
PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate
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