Date: Fri, 02 Nov 2007 01:49:55 -0700 From: "Chris H." <chris#@1command.com> To: delphij@delphij.net Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: date/time trouble - PST came too early [fixed] Message-ID: <20071102014955.3y8iw21fi8o4008s@webmail.1command.com> In-Reply-To: <20071102004802.lrhhecgjzwgs00sk@webmail.1command.com> References: <20071101225544.wys3pvc4ggs84cok@webmail.1command.com> <472ACDE9.9090509@delphij.net> <20071101233017.ul8kpfjfms4s4ccc@webmail.1command.com> <472AD520.3030802@delphij.net> <20071102004802.lrhhecgjzwgs00sk@webmail.1command.com>
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Quoting "Chris H." <chris#@1command.com>: > Quoting LI Xin <delphij@delphij.net>: > >> Chris H. wrote: >>> Quoting LI Xin <delphij@delphij.net>: >>> >>>> Chris H. wrote: >>>>> Any advice would be *greatly* appreciated. >>>> >>>> Install /usr/ports/misc/zoneinfo or upgrade your system to a recent >>>> release (preferred), e.g. RELENG_6_2 aka FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE. >>>> >>>> Re-run tzsetup and choose your time zone accordingly. You will need to >>>> restart the time-sensitive services afterward, or reboot the whole >>>> system :-) >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> -- >>> >>> Hello Xin LI, and thank you for your quick response. >>> >>> FWIW The system already knows what timezone it lives in. It simply chose >>> to change to PST according to the /normal/ standards. What happened here >>> in the USA, is that president Bush decided that we'd be better served here >>> if we waited an additional week to set our clocks back one hour. So. It >>> seems >>> this particular server decided to ignore our president (not that I blame >>> it) >>> and set the clock back one hour on the /usual/ date. :) >>> As an experiment, what I have done was bounce the server and set the clock >>> in the BIOS ahead 1 day > save settings > reboot. My /initial/ findings >>> seemed hopeful. But, given that I run ntpdate as a cron job, the first time >>> the job ran, all went back to the /wrong/ dime/date. So as I must wait >>> for 6.3, I'm just going to end the ntpdate cron job until PST /really/ >>> occurs; >>> unless of course someone has a better solution. :) >>> >>> Thanks again for taking the time and effort to respond. >> >> I think you have misunderstood me. I knew what you wanted, which is a >> corrected day of PDT->PST transition. >> >> The reason why you want to install misc/zoneinfo or a more recent >> release of FreeBSD is exactly because that we have updated it for the >> modified standards. For me, America -> United States -> Pacific Time >> works just fine. > > Ahhh, right you are. I /did/ misunderstand you. Thanks for taking the > time to /enlighten me. :P > > I'll do as you suggest. Thanks again for your time. > > --Chris Hello again, That /was/ the "magic". All is working as expected. Just wanted to send a note of thanks. :) --Chris > >> >> Cheers, >> -- >> Xin LI <delphij@delphij.net> http://www.delphij.net/ >> FreeBSD - The Power to Serve! >> >> > > > > -- > panic: kernel trap (ignored) > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- panic: kernel trap (ignored)
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