Re: [gentoo-user] daylight savings time [Slightly OT]
Anyone else having trouble with the format (^M's) in Ennis' email? On Fri, Mar 02, 2007 at 09:29:16AM -0500, McCaffrey, Ennis wrote: -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 pgpanrsgcaBBI.pgp Description: PGP signature
RE: [gentoo-user] daylight savings time [Slightly OT]
Sorry, it's my work laptop ... The just of my email follows ... zdump -v /etc/localtime | grep 2007 -Ennis -Original Message- From: John J. Foster [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 02, 2007 10:26 AM To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] daylight savings time [Slightly OT] Anyone else having trouble with the format (^M's) in Ennis' email? On Fri, Mar 02, 2007 at 09:29:16AM -0500, McCaffrey, Ennis wrote: -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 timeHi,On Fri, 02 Mar 2007 08:45:42 -0330 Roger Mason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My home province (Newfoundland Labrador) has, in its infinitewisdom, 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, ifanything? Hm, set your hardware clock to UTC and do as root:rm /etc/localtime ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/Canada/Newfoundland /etc/localtimeshould 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.-hwhRunning the following command will tell you how your current timezone is set: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 -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] daylight savings time [Slightly OT]
On Fri, 2 Mar 2007 10:25:48 -0500 John J. Foster [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anyone else having trouble with the format (^M's) in Ennis' email? nope. maybe it's due to top-posting snicker. no just kidding, but isn't that indicative of a NL/CR-LF difference between unix and dos? but that problem hasn't plagued us for so long... -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] daylight savings time [Slightly OT]
On Fri, 2007-03-02 at 10:12 -0600, Dan Farrell wrote: se having trouble with the format (^M's) in Ennis' email? nope. maybe it's due to top-posting snicker. no just kidding, but isn't that indicative of a NL/CR-LF difference between unix and dos? but that problem hasn't plagued us for so long... IIRC SMTP dictates CRLF. Some broken clients don't adhere to that however. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
