Apparently, though unproven, at 11:24 on Sunday 31 October 2010, Mick did opine thusly:
> I dual boot with MSWindows and therefore have set up my /etc/conf.d/clock > to: > > CLOCK="local" > TIMEZONE="Europe/London" > CLOCK_OPTS="" > CLOCK_SYSTOHC="no" > SRM="no" > ARC="no" > > I noticed this morning that the clock was still showing summer time (I > rarely boot into MSWindows). > > I had to boot into MSWindows to check what happens there and the clock was > showing the new winter time. After that the Linux clock was also showing > the updated winter time. > > Does this mean that twice a year when the clock changes I need to boot into > MSWindows first to allow the time change to take place, or is there a Linux > side fix for my dual boot set up? gut feel tells me windows is broken. All my calendars (electronic and dead-tree) tell me that daylight savings switches at the END of today not at the beginning -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com