Date: Fri, 04 Nov 2011 16:15:50 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: Ivan Klymenko <fidaj@ukr.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Alexander Kapshuk <alexander.kapshuk@gmail.com> Subject: Re: trouble setting timezone for ukraine Message-ID: <44r51nbq4p.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <20111104215321.5f9ca2eb@nonamehost.> (Ivan Klymenko's message of "Fri, 4 Nov 2011 21:53:21 %2B0200") References: <4EB44272.6060809@gmail.com> <44vcqzbrlu.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <20111104215321.5f9ca2eb@nonamehost.>
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Ivan Klymenko <fidaj@ukr.net> writes: > =A7=A3 Fri, 04 Nov 2011 15:43:57 -0400 > Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> =A7=E1=A7=DA=A7= =EA=A7=D6=A7=E4: > >> Alexander Kapshuk <alexander.kapshuk@gmail.com> writes: >>=20 >> > i'm based in ukraine. on 29 Oct 2011 ukraine went to winter time, >> > i.e. we put our clocks one hour back. >> > >> > the current time in ukraine is 8.49 pm; the output of 'date' is: >> > >> > :; date >> > Fri Nov 4 22:49:48 FET 2011 >> > >> > i tried resetting my timezone via 'sysinstall', but to no avail. >> > >> > do i use 'date' to set my system time to the right time, or is >> > there a better way of doing it? >> > >> > :; uname -a >> > FreeBSD localhost 9.0-RC1 FreeBSD 9.0-RC1 #0: Tue Oct 18 18:30:38 >> > UTC 2011 >> > root@obrian.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 >>=20 >> I think that your government changed its mind about staying on >> standard time this year, but only did so at the last minute. So you >> probably have an outdated timezone file. That would lead the >> computer to be one hour late rather than two, but it's probably a >> change you need to make. Also check the system's time in UTC to see >> whether the clock itself is off. > > run tzsetup... He already did that, using sysinstall. You can tell that he did it correctly because his date(1) output says "FET" which is the correct time zone for him. His time zone file is, almost certainly, too old, and will remain so no matter how many times he reinstalls it. I think the decision to change the rules was only made about two weeks ago, and the updated time zone file couldn't have been available until after that. I believe the updated tzdata files were brought into the tree on October 25.
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