Re: Time Zone wrong Was paradise spam

2003-09-07 Thread Peter Elliott
On Mon, 08 Sep 2003 14:57:44 +1200 Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > read the bloody files peter, as i pointed out Pacific/Auckland is the > new name fror NZ > > as already posted (yawn) > > i have finally sigh cheers peter still to swear

Re: Time Zone wrong Was paradise spam

2003-09-07 Thread Christopher Sawtell
On Mon, 08 Sep 2003 14:35, you wrote: > On Mon, 08 Sep 2003 11:53:58 +1200 > Christopher Sawtell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > chris > thanks for the source extract which, returning to my original point, > clearly shows that pacific/auckland is a distinctly different *location* to > that of nz. us

Re: Time Zone wrong Was paradise spam

2003-09-07 Thread Mike Beattie
On Mon, Sep 08, 2003 at 02:57:44PM +1200, Nick Rout wrote: > read the bloody files peter, as i pointed out Pacific/Auckland is the > new name fror NZ > > as already posted (yawn) Indeed: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> tzselect Please identify a location so that time zone rules can be set correctly. Please

Re: Time Zone wrong Was paradise spam

2003-09-07 Thread Mark Tomlinson
> chris > thanks for the source extract which, returning to my original point, clearly shows that pacific/auckland is a distinctly different *location* to that of nz. It does what? It defines *rules* (called NZ and Chatham) and *zones* (called Pacific/Auckland and Pacific/Chatham). That is all. Wh

Re: Time Zone wrong Was paradise spam

2003-09-07 Thread Nick Rout
read the bloody files peter, as i pointed out Pacific/Auckland is the new name fror NZ as already posted (yawn) On Mon, 08 Sep 2003 14:35:07 +1200 Peter Elliott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 08 Sep 2003 11:53:58 +1200 > Christopher Sawtell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > chris > thanks f

Re: Time Zone wrong Was paradise spam

2003-09-07 Thread Peter Elliott
On Mon, 08 Sep 2003 11:53:58 +1200 Christopher Sawtell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: chris thanks for the source extract which, returning to my original point, clearly shows that pacific/auckland is a distinctly different *location* to that of nz. using the rule of thumb which seems to be operating

Re: Time Zone wrong Was paradise spam

2003-09-07 Thread Mark Tomlinson
> On Mon, 08 Sep 2003 11:15, you wrote: > > > NZ time has all the historical vagaries of NZ daylight savings time > > recorded, whereas > > > Pacific/Auckland does not. Anyway as I said before it's all a bit moot. > > > > What? Which distribution are you using? > I'm referring to the source data fr

Re: Time Zone wrong Was paradise spam

2003-09-07 Thread Christopher Sawtell
On Mon, 08 Sep 2003 11:15, you wrote: > > NZ time has all the historical vagaries of NZ daylight savings time > > recorded, whereas > > > Pacific/Auckland does not. Anyway as I said before it's all a bit moot. > > What? Which distribution are you using? I'm referring to the source data from;- ftp:/

Re: Time Zone wrong Was paradise spam

2003-09-07 Thread Mark Tomlinson
> NZ time has all the historical vagaries of NZ daylight savings time recorded, whereas > Pacific/Auckland does not. Anyway as I said before it's all a bit moot. What? Which distribution are you using? [EMAIL PROTECTED] /root]# sum /usr/share/zoneinfo/NZ 01680 1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] /root]# sum

Re: OT Daylight saving WAS Time Zone wrong Was paradise spam

2003-09-07 Thread Christopher Sawtell
On Sun, 07 Sep 2003 22:57, you wrote: > On Sun, 07 Sep 2003 22:53:15 +1200 > > Christopher Sawtell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > For the public record I loath and detest the so called "summer time". > > It's absence was one of the attractions of coming here in the late > > 60s. > > LOL, all that

OT Daylight saving WAS Time Zone wrong Was paradise spam

2003-09-07 Thread Nick Rout
On Sun, 07 Sep 2003 22:53:15 +1200 Christopher Sawtell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, 07 Sep 2003 17:52, you wrote: > > see also here: > > > > http://www.twinsun.com/tz/tz-link.htm > > > > quote: > > > > "Locations are identified by continent or ocean and then by the name > > of the location

Re: Time Zone wrong Was paradise spam

2003-09-07 Thread Christopher Sawtell
On Sun, 07 Sep 2003 17:52, you wrote: > see also here: > > http://www.twinsun.com/tz/tz-link.htm > > quote: > > "Locations are identified by continent or ocean and then by the name of > the location, which is typically the largest city within the region." > > supports the argument thet "Pacific/Auc

Re: Time Zone wrong Was paradise spam

2003-09-06 Thread Nick Rout
see also here: http://www.twinsun.com/tz/tz-link.htm quote: "Locations are identified by continent or ocean and then by the name of the location, which is typically the largest city within the region." supports the argument thet "Pacific/Auckland" is correct, as opposed to "NZ" On Sun, 07 Sep

Re: Time Zone wrong Was paradise spam

2003-09-06 Thread Nick Rout
On Sun, 07 Sep 2003 16:35:37 +1200 Christopher Sawtell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From the australasia file it wouild seem that Pacific/Auckland does > indeed refer to the Island in the Antartic Ocean. However, note that > according to the above data the Pacific/Auckland is currently defined > t

Re: Time Zone wrong Was paradise spam

2003-09-06 Thread Christopher Sawtell
On Sun, 07 Sep 2003 13:55, you wrote: > On Sat, 06 Sep 2003 13:14:51 +1200 > > Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sat, 06 Sep 2003 02:40:43 +1200 > > > > Peter Elliott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > shane > > > > > > I think that this refers to the auckland islands, no? > > > > no, auckl

Re: Time Zone wrong Was paradise spam

2003-09-06 Thread Peter Elliott
On Sat, 06 Sep 2003 13:14:51 +1200 Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 06 Sep 2003 02:40:43 +1200 > Peter Elliott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > shane > > > > I think that this refers to the auckland islands, no? > no, auckland as in north of the bombay hills. are you sure about th

Re: Time Zone wrong Was paradise spam

2003-09-05 Thread Nick Rout
On Sat, 06 Sep 2003 02:40:43 +1200 Peter Elliott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > shane > > I think that this refers to the auckland islands, no? no, auckland as in north of the bombay hills. > they are somewhere in the pacific ocean > > what you want to choose is NZ - and not NZ CHAT eithe

Re: Time Zone wrong Was paradise spam

2003-09-05 Thread Peter Elliott
shane I think that this refers to the auckland islands, no? they are somewhere in the pacific ocean what you want to choose is NZ - and not NZ CHAT either as this refers to the chatham islands & not the internet gossip protocol. at a guess i'd say that nz is going to be above where your pict

Re: [Fwd: Re: Time Zone wrong Was paradise spam]

2003-09-02 Thread Jason Greenwood
Hi, Shane Hollis wrote: On Mon, 01 Sep 2003 23:36, you wrote: PS You might want to remove your Reply-to client email address setting, to aid replies-to-list (post). Ok ok ok :-) Sigh ... I hate interacting with the outside world :-) Maybe but people can still reply to you AND the

Re: [Fwd: Re: Time Zone wrong Was paradise spam]

2003-09-02 Thread Shane Hollis
On Mon, 01 Sep 2003 23:36, you wrote: > PS > > You might want to remove your Reply-to client email address setting, to > aid replies-to-list (post). Ok ok ok :-) Sigh ... I hate interacting with the outside world :-) Here is an email that is hopefully in the correct time. after a bit of sea

[Fwd: Re: Time Zone wrong Was paradise spam]

2003-09-01 Thread Rik Tindall
PS You might want to remove your Reply-to client email address setting, to aid replies-to-list (post). --- Begin Message --- Hi Shane, I use RedHat too (9.0), but have struck no problem with time setting. UTC must be off. Sounds like the time server isn't helping. Better to correct manually e

Time Zone wrong Was paradise spam

2003-09-01 Thread Shane Hollis
Yep ... Pacific Auckland ... see screen shot. It has been told I am not in GMT time, that I am in thae pacific auckland time zone. I have it set to update from a time server to correct any hardware slide. On Mon, 01 Sep 2003 21:12, you wrote: > Correct time zone > > (Not an expert's answer