-----Original Message----- From: Hans-Werner Hilse [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 02, 2007 7:35 AM To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] daylight savings time
Hi, On Fri, 02 Mar 2007 08:45:42 -0330 Roger Mason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My home province (Newfoundland & Labrador) has, in its infinite > wisdom, decided to adopt daylight savings time from 11 to 04 November, > rather than the more common dates in April & October. > > Can someone tell me what I need to do to accommodate this change, if > anything? Hm, set your hardware clock to UTC and do as root: rm /etc/localtime ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/Canada/Newfoundland /etc/localtime should work... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newfoundland_Standard_Time_Zone suggests that it was changed just recently. Make sure your timezone-data ebuild is up to date and installed. In order to get an 2007 version, you might need to architecture unmask it. http://www.twinsun.com/tz/tz-link.htm has wealth of information regarding zoneinfo. -hwh Running the following command will tell you how your current timezone is set: zdump -v /etc/localtime | grep 2007 For EST the result should look as follows: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ zdump -v /etc/localtime | grep 2007 /etc/localtime Sun Mar 11 06:59:59 2007 UTC = Sun Mar 11 01:59:59 2007 EST isdst=0 /etc/localtime Sun Mar 11 07:00:00 2007 UTC = Sun Mar 11 03:00:00 2007 EDT isdst=1 /etc/localtime Sun Nov 4 05:59:59 2007 UTC = Sun Nov 4 01:59:59 2007 EDT isdst=1 /etc/localtime Sun Nov 4 06:00:00 2007 UTC = Sun Nov 4 01:00:00 2007 EST isdst=0 -Ennis -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list ----------------------------------------- This E-mail and any of its attachments may contain Time Warner Cable proprietary information, which is privileged, confidential, or subject to copyright belonging to Time Warner Cable. This E-mail is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient of this E-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying, or action taken in relation to the contents of and attachments to this E-mail is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this E-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately and permanently delete the original and any copy of this E-mail and any printout. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
