Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2008 22:04:20 +0100 From: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> To: Lisa Casey <lisa@jellico.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Daylight Savings time Message-ID: <20080301210420.GA85181@owl.midgard.homeip.net> In-Reply-To: <003501c87bd9$78cb53d0$d5b9bfcf@lisac> References: <003501c87bd9$78cb53d0$d5b9bfcf@lisac>
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On Sat, Mar 01, 2008 at 03:18:52PM -0500, Lisa Casey wrote: > Hi, > > I suspect my FreeBSD 5.2 system isn't going to handle the change to Daylight Savings Time correctly next weekend: > > zdump -v /etc/localtime | grep 2008 > /etc/localtime Sun Apr 6 06:59:59 2008 UTC = Sun Apr 6 01:59:59 2008 EST isdst=0 gmtoff=-18000 > /etc/localtime Sun Apr 6 07:00:00 2008 UTC = Sun Apr 6 03:00:00 2008 EDT isdst=1 gmtoff=-14400 > /etc/localtime Sun Oct 26 05:59:59 2008 UTC = Sun Oct 26 01:59:59 2008 EDT isdst=1 gmtoff=-14400 > /etc/localtime Sun Oct 26 06:00:00 2008 UTC = Sun Oct 26 01:00:00 2008 EST isdst=0 gmtoff=-18000 > > Could someone help me remember the steps I need to take to correct this? > Install the misc/zoneinfo port, which will install an updated zoneinfo file on your machine, and then run tzsetup(8) to update /etc/localtime. -- <Insert your favourite quote here.> Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se
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