Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2007 17:40:16 -0500 (EST) From: "Tuc at T-B-O-H.NET" <ml@t-b-o-h.net> To: oberman@es.net (Kevin Oberman) Cc: Vivek Khera <khera@kcilink.com>, FreeBSD Stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: date/time trouble - PST came too early Message-ID: <200711072240.lA7MeGpA010000@himinbjorg.tucs-beachin-obx-house.com> In-Reply-To: <20071107223137.5CA634500E@ptavv.es.net>
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> > From: Vivek Khera <khera@kcilink.com> > > Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2007 15:09:35 -0500 > > Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org > > > > > > On Nov 5, 2007, at 8:58 PM, Chris H. wrote: > > > > > Ahh... I'm guessing that you missed the following post in this > > > thread titled > > > "date/time trouble - PST came too early [fixed]" posted 11-02. > > > > > > LI Xin offered the following solution, which solved my dilemma: > > > > No, I saw that... but like I said, most of us did this last year when > > the new DST rules went into effect. Did you not notice it last year? > > OK. This is twice you've said it and you are wrong. This is the FIRST > year of the new US DST dates. Last year DST ended on October as it has > for many years. > > From H.R. 6, Energy Policy Act of 2005, SEC. 110. DAYLIGHT SAVINGS: > "Effective Date- Subsection (a) shall take effect 1 year after the date > of enactment of this Act or March 1, 2007, whichever is later." > I think what he meant to say is that we all fixed it last year, even though it didn't go into effect until THIS year. I updated my systems as soon as the "zoneinfo" port was updated. Tuc
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