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Mike Jeays wrote:
> On Sun, 10 Mar 2013 21:42:52 -0400
> Fbsd8 <fbsd8@a1poweruser.com> wrote:
> 
>> Lowell Gilbert wrote:
>>> The next test is to check the clock in GMT. 
>>> I expect it to be off, which means that the timezone rules are not the
>>> problem. If this is not the case, the diagnosis gets more interesting.
>>>
>>>
>> And how do you purpose I check the clock in GMT?
>>
> 
> date -u should do it.
> 
> 

date -u  shows
Mon Mar 11 01:08:39 UTC 2013

date shows
Sun Mar 10 01:08:47 EDT 2013

In tzsetup I selected north America, EDT.
It's the first one on the list.


What is really needed is for the tzsetup program to state which east 
coast selections have day light saving included. Maybe a pr is in order.