Dave Sherohman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Wed, Jan 31, 2007 at 06:05:18AM -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > > Rob Sims wrote: > > >$ zdump -v /etc/localtime | grep 2007 > > >/etc/localtime Sun Mar 11 08:59:59 2007 UTC = Sun Mar 11 01:59:59 2007 > > >MST isdst=0 gmtoff=-25200 > > >/etc/localtime Sun Mar 11 09:00:00 2007 UTC = Sun Mar 11 03:00:00 2007 > > >MDT isdst=1 gmtoff=-21600 > > >/etc/localtime Sun Nov 4 07:59:59 2007 UTC = Sun Nov 4 01:59:59 2007 > > >MDT isdst=1 gmtoff=-21600 > > >/etc/localtime Sun Nov 4 08:00:00 2007 UTC = Sun Nov 4 01:00:00 2007 > > >MST isdst=0 gmtoff=-25200 > > > > > >Just take the current "security" updates for libc6. > > > > Neat. But this proves that ST setup is ok? > > In a slightly different form: > > date --date="Mar 10 15:00:00 UTC 2007" > Sat Mar 10 09:00:00 CST 2007 > > date --date="Mar 11 15:00:00 UTC 2007" > Sun Mar 11 10:00:00 CDT 2007 > > You see in the output of these date commands that the timezone is listed > as CST on March 10 and CDT on March 11, which is correct. You can run > the same to commands to determine whether your system also returns the > correct timezones on those dates. (Given that I'm running stable and > get correct results, I expect that you'll be fine as long as you're
Now I'm really confused. I'm running stable/sarge too: (0) heretic /home/keeling_ zdump -v /etc/localtime | grep 2007 /etc/localtime Sun Apr 1 08:59:59 2007 UTC = Sun Apr 1 01:59:59 2007 MST isdst=0 gmtoff=-25200 /etc/localtime Sun Apr 1 09:00:00 2007 UTC = Sun Apr 1 03:00:00 2007 MDT isdst=1 gmtoff=-21600 /etc/localtime Sun Oct 28 07:59:59 2007 UTC = Sun Oct 28 01:59:59 2007 MDT isdst=1 gmtoff=-21600 /etc/localtime Sun Oct 28 08:00:00 2007 UTC = Sun Oct 28 01:00:00 2007 MST isdst=0 gmtoff=-25200 (0) heretic /home/keeling_ date --date="Mar 10 15:00:00 UTC 2007" Sat Mar 10 08:00:00 MST 2007 (0) heretic /home/keeling_ date --date="Mar 11 15:00:00 UTC 2007" Sun Mar 11 08:00:00 MST 2007 Have I missed something blindingly obvious here? I thought Canada was supposed to be aligning itself with US ST/DT? ii coreutils 5.2.1-2 The GNU core utilities -- Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. (*) http://www.spots.ab.ca/~keeling Linux Counter #80292 - - http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1855.html Please, don't Cc: me. Spammers! http://www.spots.ab.ca/~keeling/emails.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
