From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 4 05:25:50 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA4721065673 for ; Tue, 4 Mar 2008 05:25:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.192.90]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8E0A88FC1D for ; Tue, 4 Mar 2008 05:25:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from TEDSDSK (nat-rtr.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.197.130]) by mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with SMTP id m245PljZ025346; Mon, 3 Mar 2008 21:25:49 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" To: "Erik Trulsson" , "Lisa Casey" Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2008 21:26:48 -0800 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1914 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: <20080301210420.GA85181@owl.midgard.homeip.net> X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-3.0 (mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.192.90]); Mon, 03 Mar 2008 21:25:50 -0800 (PST) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Daylight Savings time 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, 04 Mar 2008 05:25:50 -0000 > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Erik Trulsson > Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2008 1:04 PM > To: Lisa Casey > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: Daylight Savings time > > > 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. > That may work on 5, I don't know. It won't work on 4 since the ports structure is so different now. Ted