I'm still not having any luck. I did shell> /etc.init.d/mysql reload
my @@global.time_zone is still SYSTEM, and yet I still get UNIX_TIMESTAMP('2007-03-11 02:00:00') | UNIX_TIMESTAMP('2007-03-11 03:00:00') --------------------------------------+------------------------------------- - 1173596400 | 1173600000 shell> date -d "mar 11 02:00" Sun Mar 11 03:00:00 EDT 2007 so my OS does have the right settings. Regards, Jerry Schwartz Global Information Incorporated 195 Farmington Ave. Farmington, CT 06032 860.674.8796 / FAX: 860.674.8341 > -----Original Message----- > From: Ryan Stille [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2007 5:10 PM > To: mysql@lists.mysql.com > Subject: Re: MySQL Daylight Savings Time Patch - easy check > > I am on 4.1.20-1. > > Maybe your OS isn't patched? > > Try this: "SELECT @@global.time_zone;" > > If you get back "SYSTEM", then MySQL is looking to the OS for > timezone > data. And its only loaded when MySQL starts, so if you haven't > restarted MySQL since you patched your OS, you need to do that. > > -Ryan > > Jerry Schwartz wrote: > > What version of MySQL are you using? I'm running 4.1.21, > and that check > > doesn't work even after I've updated (I think) the time zone tables. > > > > I should probably eyeball the output of mysql_tzinfo_to_sql. > > > > Regards, > > > > Jerry Schwartz > > Global Information Incorporated > > 195 Farmington Ave. > > Farmington, CT 06032 > > > > 860.674.8796 / FAX: 860.674.8341 > > > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Ryan Stille [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2007 4:28 PM > >> To: mysql@lists.mysql.com > >> Subject: Re: MySQL Daylight Savings Time Patch - easy check > >> > >> Ryan Stille wrote: > >> > >>> Paul DuBois wrote: > >>> > >>>> At 4:40 PM -0600 2/20/07, Ryan Stille wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> Is there an easy way to test to see if MySQL already has > >>>>> > >> the proper > >> > >>>>> tables loaded? > >>>>> > >>>>> -Ryan > >>>>> > >>>> Yes, reload them. :-) After that, they're current! ....... > >>>> > >>>> > >> After digging around on the net for a while I found an easy > >> way to tell > >> if your MySQL installation is ready for the new daylight > savings time. > >> > >> SELECT UNIX_TIMESTAMP('2007-03-11 02:00:00'), > >> UNIX_TIMESTAMP('2007-03-11 03:00:00'); > >> > >> This should return the same value, even though you are feeding it > >> different times, because this is when the 1 hr change occurs. > >> I get the > >> correct result on both of my machines. On one of them I've run the > >> suggested |mysql_tzinfo_to_sql command, on the other, the time zone > >> tables are completely empty! > >> > >> Any wisdom on these time zone tables - are they ever used, should I > >> populate them or not? > >> > >> -Ryan > >> > >> | > >> > >> > >> -- > >> MySQL General Mailing List > >> For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > >> To unsubscribe: > >> http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > MySQL General Mailing List > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > To unsubscribe: > http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]