From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 22 17:12:38 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4196216A404 for ; Thu, 22 Feb 2007 17:12:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bill@ayn.mi.celestial.com) Received: from ayn.mi.celestial.com (hayek.celestial.com [192.136.111.12]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 208A413C478 for ; Thu, 22 Feb 2007 17:12:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bill@ayn.mi.celestial.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ayn.mi.celestial.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8460C68942DAE; Thu, 22 Feb 2007 09:18:39 -0800 (PST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at mi.celestial.com Received: from ayn.mi.celestial.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (ayn.mi.celestial.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id gtN2RijqbDp4; Thu, 22 Feb 2007 09:18:39 -0800 (PST) Received: by ayn.mi.celestial.com (Postfix, from userid 203) id 690F168942DAD; Thu, 22 Feb 2007 09:18:39 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 09:18:39 -0800 From: Bill Campbell To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20070222171839.GB30093@ayn.mi.celestial.com> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <0AFEEDC5-5838-4721-9309-E743EFF5C0B0@techally.com> <45DC9589.6030606@pixelhammer.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 OpenPKG/2.5 Subject: Re: Day Light Savings time changes on March 11 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd@celestial.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 17:12:38 -0000 On Thu, Feb 22, 2007, Christian Baer wrote: >On Wed, 21 Feb 2007 13:55:05 -0500 DAve wrote: > >> I noticed Yahoo switched to GMT. Is anyone else running all their >> servers on GMT? > >Actually, all of my Unix Boxes have been running UTC as far as I can >remember. :-) > >Or am I missing the issue here? I think the issue is how localtime displays dates. This whole ``problem'' is a typical example of brainless politicians (but I repeat myself) doing things that cause far more problems then they ostensibly solve. Bill -- INTERNET: bill@Celestial.COM Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC URL: http://www.celestial.com/ PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way FAX: (206) 232-9186 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820; (206) 236-1676 ``Intellectually, teachers fall between education theorists and bright cocker spaniels. (Probably closer to the education theorists. The AKC has been doing wonders with spaniels.) If you think I'm kidding look at the GREs for education majors, whose scores are the lowest of all fields, and remember that these are the smart ones.'' -- http://www.FredOnEverything.net