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Date:      Mon, 12 Mar 2007 14:00:59 -0400
From:      "Bob Johnson" <fbsdlists@gmail.com>
To:        "Mike Tancsa" <mike@sentex.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Post DST changes
Message-ID:  <54db43990703121100k1be31052m19cad6acef12f6c1@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <200703121231.l2CCVN1d017433@lava.sentex.ca>
References:  <200703121231.l2CCVN1d017433@lava.sentex.ca>

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On 3/12/07, Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net> wrote:
> I am seeing some inconsistent and strange results after the DST
> change this weekend.  On all the boxes, it seems setup OK
[...]
> yet mixed in notice the /kernel entry... Its an hour off !?
>
> if I restart syslogd, it corrects it for the kernel entry, but not
> for other applications. They all seem to log the time one hour back.
> Most applications seem this way.  On my more recent boxes this didnt
> happen, but for some legacy RELENG_4 and older RELENG_5 and RELENG_6
> boxes, the same odd behavior.

Restart any programs that aren't picking up the time change.

>From the tzsetup(8) man page:
"BUGS
     Programs which are already running when tzsetup creates or updates
     /etc/localtime will not reflect the updated timezone."

- Bob



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