Date: Fri, 04 Nov 2011 23:23:13 +0200 From: Alexander Kapshuk <alexander.kapshuk@gmail.com> To: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> Cc: Ivan Klymenko <fidaj@ukr.net>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: trouble setting timezone for ukraine Message-ID: <4EB457C1.2070607@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <44r51nbq4p.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> References: <4EB44272.6060809@gmail.com> <44vcqzbrlu.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <20111104215321.5f9ca2eb@nonamehost.> <44r51nbq4p.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
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On 11/04/11 22:15, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > Ivan Klymenko <fidaj@ukr.net> writes: > >> §£ Fri, 04 Nov 2011 15:43:57 -0400 >> Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> §á§Ú§ê§Ö§ä: >> >>> Alexander Kapshuk <alexander.kapshuk@gmail.com> writes: >>> >>>> i'm based in ukraine. on 29 Oct 2011 ukraine went to winter time, >>>> i.e. we put our clocks one hour back. >>>> >>>> the current time in ukraine is 8.49 pm; the output of 'date' is: >>>> >>>> :; date >>>> Fri Nov 4 22:49:48 FET 2011 >>>> >>>> i tried resetting my timezone via 'sysinstall', but to no avail. >>>> >>>> do i use 'date' to set my system time to the right time, or is >>>> there a better way of doing it? >>>> >>>> :; uname -a >>>> FreeBSD localhost 9.0-RC1 FreeBSD 9.0-RC1 #0: Tue Oct 18 18:30:38 >>>> UTC 2011 >>>> root@obrian.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 >>> I think that your government changed its mind about staying on >>> standard time this year, but only did so at the last minute. So you >>> probably have an outdated timezone file. That would lead the >>> computer to be one hour late rather than two, but it's probably a >>> change you need to make. Also check the system's time in UTC to see >>> whether the clock itself is off. >> run tzsetup... > He already did that, using sysinstall. You can tell that he did it > correctly because his date(1) output says "FET" which is the correct > time zone for him. His time zone file is, almost certainly, too old, > and will remain so no matter how many times he reinstalls it. I think > the decision to change the rules was only made about two weeks ago, and > the updated time zone file couldn't have been available until after > that. I believe the updated tzdata files were brought into the tree on > October 25. thank you all for replying to my email. here's what i tried after reading your replies: tzsetup /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Kiev tzsetup -r didn't help. i believe that sysinstall calls tzsetup as well, but i thought i'd try Ivan's suggestion anyway. here's the output of 'date' i get now: Sat Nov 5 00:21:52 FET 2011 the actual current time is 10.21 pm. any idea when an updated time zone file will become available? thanks. sasha
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