Date: Mon, 27 Oct 1997 15:21:23 +0200 From: Nadav Eiron <nadav@barcode.co.il> To: Kristian Kennaway <kkennawa@physics.adelaide.edu.au> Cc: Alex <garbanzo@hooked.net>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Daylight savings time? Message-ID: <34549553.7858@barcode.co.il> References: <9710271221.AA23987@bragg>
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Kristian Kennaway wrote: > > > > > Just outta curiosity, does FBSD automagically adjust to daylight savings > > times? Or will I have to muck around in the bios? > > I was quite surprised when my system adjusted itself to the start of > daylight savings here in Australia early Sunday morning - I would assume > this was behaviour initiated by Freebsd, not the BIOS (which I havent > told about my geographical location :-) > > Kris To all those interested, and all those who (like me) happen to live in a country where the rules for daylight saving time change every year, take a look at /usr/src/share/zoneinfo. There you'll find the files (by continents) that dictate the adjustments made for daylight saving time, along with the rest of the time zone data. Nadav
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