From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 28 16:09:59 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E304516A494 for ; Tue, 28 Mar 2006 16:09:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dave.list@pixelhammer.com) Received: from ecluster4.tls.net (ecluster4.tls.net [65.196.224.134]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 21D9443D98 for ; Tue, 28 Mar 2006 16:09:20 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dave.list@pixelhammer.com) Received: (qmail 28197 invoked by uid 89); 28 Mar 2006 16:08:44 -0000 Received: from 204-8-12-141.bb.hrtc.net (HELO ?192.168.0.102?) (ldg%tls.net@204.8.12.141) by auth-ecluster4.tls.net with SMTP; 28 Mar 2006 16:08:44 -0000 Message-ID: <44295F89.2020901@pixelhammer.com> Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 11:08:41 -0500 From: DAve User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (Windows/20051201) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <442953F9.6020606@pixelhammer.com> <44295DBC.804@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <44295DBC.804@mac.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Indiana goes to DST X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 16:10:00 -0000 Chuck Swiger wrote: > DAve wrote: >> Not ever having had to configure DST before, any advice on a work around >> since most OSes provide no DST for my timezone? > > You underestimate the true power of this operating system. :-) Nah, I underestimated the power of our state legislature 8^o > > Either change the /etc/localtime symlink to point to the right timezone file, or > run /stand/sysinstall, choose "Configure" for post-install config, select "Time > Zone", and you'll end up being prompted with these choices: > > x x 1 Eastern Time > x x 2 Eastern Time - Michigan - most locations > x x 3 Eastern Time - Kentucky - Louisville area > x x 4 Eastern Time - Kentucky - Wayne County > x x 5 Eastern Standard Time - Indiana - most locations > x x 6 Eastern Standard Time - Indiana - Crawford County > x x 7 Eastern Standard Time - Indiana - Starke County > x x 8 Eastern Standard Time - Indiana - Switzerland County > > ...which will do the same thing. > Selections 5 through 8 will no longer be valid in April. The list of counties changed. More counties than #6, #7, #8 are going to Central TZ, one county is going with "Commerce Time", and item #5 (most locations) is switching to DST. So I must setup DST manually, or select to #1. I think. DAve -- This message was checked by forty monkeys and found to not contain any SPAM whatsoever. Your monkeys may vary