Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 11:08:41 -0500 From: DAve <dave.list@pixelhammer.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Indiana goes to DST Message-ID: <44295F89.2020901@pixelhammer.com> In-Reply-To: <44295DBC.804@mac.com> References: <442953F9.6020606@pixelhammer.com> <44295DBC.804@mac.com>
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Chuck Swiger wrote: > DAve wrote: >> Not ever having had to configure DST before, any advice on a work around >> since most OSes provide no DST for my timezone? > > You underestimate the true power of this operating system. :-) Nah, I underestimated the power of our state legislature 8^o > > Either change the /etc/localtime symlink to point to the right timezone file, or > run /stand/sysinstall, choose "Configure" for post-install config, select "Time > Zone", and you'll end up being prompted with these choices: > > x x 1 Eastern Time > x x 2 Eastern Time - Michigan - most locations > x x 3 Eastern Time - Kentucky - Louisville area > x x 4 Eastern Time - Kentucky - Wayne County > x x 5 Eastern Standard Time - Indiana - most locations > x x 6 Eastern Standard Time - Indiana - Crawford County > x x 7 Eastern Standard Time - Indiana - Starke County > x x 8 Eastern Standard Time - Indiana - Switzerland County > > ...which will do the same thing. > Selections 5 through 8 will no longer be valid in April. The list of counties changed. More counties than #6, #7, #8 are going to Central TZ, one county is going with "Commerce Time", and item #5 (most locations) is switching to DST. So I must setup DST manually, or select to #1. I think. DAve -- This message was checked by forty monkeys and found to not contain any SPAM whatsoever. Your monkeys may vary
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