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Date:      Mon, 26 Jun 2000 11:45:26 -0500 (CDT)
From:      Zachary Drew <drew0054@tc.umn.edu>
To:        Jamie Hermans <freebsd@quadrhys.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   RE: adjkerntz & crontab question.
Message-ID:  <Pine.SOL.4.20.0006261144130.5526-100000@garnet.tc.umn.edu>
In-Reply-To: <000901bfdf75$1e2ee260$0a45a8c0@quadrhys.com>

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Thanks but i know what it does, i'm just wondering why its run several
times in the early morning.

Zach


On Mon, 26 Jun 2000, Jamie Hermans wrote:

> Hiya...
> 
> Rumour is that it affects daylight savings time.  I think if your time zone
> does not follow the fall-behind leap-ahead effects, you can remove that
> line.
> 
> As an educated guess: ADJust KERNal TimeZone
> 
> Someone correct me if I'm wrong...
> 
> ... Jamie
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Zachary Drew
> Sent: Monday, June 26, 2000 2:37 am
> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> Subject: adjkerntz & crontab question.
> 
> 
> 
> why is "adjkerntz -a" run several times in the early morning from
> /etc/crontab?
> 
> # time zone change adjustment for wall cmos clock,
> # does nothing, if you have UTC cmos clock.
> # See adjkerntz(8) for details.
> 1,31    0-5     *       *       *       root    adjkerntz -a
> 
> i've looked in the mail archives and adjkerntz(8) and nothing
> mentions why it is run several times over a five hour period.
> 
> thanks
> 
> Zach
> 
> 
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