Date: Fri, 02 Nov 2007 00:48:02 -0800 From: "Chris H." <chris#@1command.com> To: d@delphij.net, LI Xin <delphij@delphij.net> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: date/time trouble - PST came too early Message-ID: <20071102004802.lrhhecgjzwgs00sk@webmail.1command.com> In-Reply-To: <472AD520.3030802@delphij.net> References: <20071101225544.wys3pvc4ggs84cok@webmail.1command.com> <472ACDE9.9090509@delphij.net> <20071101233017.ul8kpfjfms4s4ccc@webmail.1command.com> <472AD520.3030802@delphij.net>
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Quoting LI Xin <delphij@delphij.net>: > Chris H. wrote: >> Quoting LI Xin <delphij@delphij.net>: >> >>> Chris H. wrote: >>>> Any advice would be *greatly* appreciated. >>> >>> Install /usr/ports/misc/zoneinfo or upgrade your system to a recent >>> release (preferred), e.g. RELENG_6_2 aka FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE. >>> >>> Re-run tzsetup and choose your time zone accordingly. You will need to >>> restart the time-sensitive services afterward, or reboot the whole >>> system :-) >>> >>> Cheers, >>> -- >> >> Hello Xin LI, and thank you for your quick response. >> >> FWIW The system already knows what timezone it lives in. It simply chose >> to change to PST according to the /normal/ standards. What happened here >> in the USA, is that president Bush decided that we'd be better served here >> if we waited an additional week to set our clocks back one hour. So. It >> seems >> this particular server decided to ignore our president (not that I blame >> it) >> and set the clock back one hour on the /usual/ date. :) >> As an experiment, what I have done was bounce the server and set the clock >> in the BIOS ahead 1 day > save settings > reboot. My /initial/ findings >> seemed hopeful. But, given that I run ntpdate as a cron job, the first time >> the job ran, all went back to the /wrong/ dime/date. So as I must wait >> for 6.3, I'm just going to end the ntpdate cron job until PST /really/ >> occurs; >> unless of course someone has a better solution. :) >> >> Thanks again for taking the time and effort to respond. > > I think you have misunderstood me. I knew what you wanted, which is a > corrected day of PDT->PST transition. > > The reason why you want to install misc/zoneinfo or a more recent > release of FreeBSD is exactly because that we have updated it for the > modified standards. For me, America -> United States -> Pacific Time > works just fine. Ahhh, right you are. I /did/ misunderstand you. Thanks for taking the time to /enlighten me. :P I'll do as you suggest. Thanks again for your time. --Chris > > Cheers, > -- > Xin LI <delphij@delphij.net> http://www.delphij.net/ > FreeBSD - The Power to Serve! > > -- panic: kernel trap (ignored)
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