What you want to see, regardless of your timezone, is when it switches from ?ST to ?DT. So for 2007, more precisely, you want:
# date -r 1173607199 Sun Mar 11 01:59:59 PST 2007 # date -r 1173607200 Sun Mar 11 03:00:00 PDT 2007 ----- Original Message ---- From: stephan peterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, March 1, 2007 8:03:37 PM Subject: Re: [pfSense Support] DST 2007-ready? Vivek, Here are my results: # date -r 1175386460 ; date -r 1175486460 Sat Mar 31 19:14:20 CDT 2007 Sun Apr 1 23:01:00 CDT 2007 Mine are off an hour, but I'm in a different time zone so does that account for the difference? I wish I could have done this little test before doing the "upgrade". :-) Thanks, Stephan On Mar 1, 2007, at 10:06 AM, Vivek Khera wrote: > On Feb 28, 2007, at 11:44 PM, stephan peterson wrote: > >> What can I do to make sure the new zoneinfo file(s) are being >> used? I'm not sure from LJ's message what to look for. > > in the USA, run this command line: > > date -r 1175386460 ; date -r 1175486460 > > you should get something like this on a corrected system: > > Sat Mar 31 20:14:20 EDT 2007 > Mon Apr 2 00:01:00 EDT 2007 > > Whereas on an incorrect (ie, older zone file) system you would get: > > Sat Mar 31 19:14:20 EST 2007 > Mon Apr 2 00:01:00 EDT 2007 > > > If you have any other freebsd system, you can simply copy a > working /etc/localtime file onto the one on your pfsense box. my > understanding is that any unix system using the same zone info > compiler (pretty much any unix in existence) should produce working > zone files. > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ____________________________________________________________________________________ Don't pick lemons. See all the new 2007 cars at Yahoo! Autos. http://autos.yahoo.com/new_cars.html --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
