On Thu, 24 Jul 2003, Tracy wrote: > At 09:51 7/24/2003, Davide Libenzi wrote: > >You are at UTC +10, that is -36000 for the timezone. That is fine. Your > >system shows that daylight is enabled though. How the system does know ? > >There's a configuration file (/etc/timezone in most Unix) that describe > >timezone and daylight switch information. I don't know where the magic > >happen in Windows, but your system is clearly misconfigured from that > >point of view. > > Configuration of time zone is done through Control Panel > Date/Time - > there should be a tab on that dialog for Time Zone. > > However, I don't know of any way to configure the start and end dates of > DST for the Windows platform. I do know how to determine when the system > believes those changes occur, however, if that would be helpful... (I can > put together a simple C program to do that if you want...)
There must be a configuration file that lists start and end dates for daylights. Here a small dump of mine : /etc/localtime Sun Apr 7 09:59:59 2002 UTC = Sun Apr 7 01:59:59 2002 PST isdst=0 gmtoff=-28800 /etc/localtime Sun Apr 7 10:00:00 2002 UTC = Sun Apr 7 03:00:00 2002 PDT isdst=1 gmtoff=-25200 /etc/localtime Sun Oct 27 08:59:59 2002 UTC = Sun Oct 27 01:59:59 2002 PDT isdst=1 gmtoff=-25200 /etc/localtime Sun Oct 27 09:00:00 2002 UTC = Sun Oct 27 01:00:00 2002 PST isdst=0 gmtoff=-28800 /etc/localtime Sun Apr 6 09:59:59 2003 UTC = Sun Apr 6 01:59:59 2003 PST isdst=0 gmtoff=-28800 /etc/localtime Sun Apr 6 10:00:00 2003 UTC = Sun Apr 6 03:00:00 2003 PDT isdst=1 gmtoff=-25200 /etc/localtime Sun Oct 26 08:59:59 2003 UTC = Sun Oct 26 01:59:59 2003 PDT isdst=1 gmtoff=-25200 /etc/localtime Sun Oct 26 09:00:00 2003 UTC = Sun Oct 26 01:00:00 2003 PST isdst=0 gmtoff=-28800 /etc/localtime Sun Apr 4 09:59:59 2004 UTC = Sun Apr 4 01:59:59 2004 PST isdst=0 gmtoff=-28800 /etc/localtime Sun Apr 4 10:00:00 2004 UTC = Sun Apr 4 03:00:00 2004 PDT isdst=1 gmtoff=-25200 /etc/localtime Sun Oct 31 08:59:59 2004 UTC = Sun Oct 31 01:59:59 2004 PDT isdst=1 gmtoff=-25200 /etc/localtime Sun Oct 31 09:00:00 2004 UTC = Sun Oct 31 01:00:00 2004 PST isdst=0 gmtoff=-28800 /etc/localtime Sun Apr 3 09:59:59 2005 UTC = Sun Apr 3 01:59:59 2005 PST isdst=0 gmtoff=-28800 /etc/localtime Sun Apr 3 10:00:00 2005 UTC = Sun Apr 3 03:00:00 2005 PDT isdst=1 gmtoff=-25200 /etc/localtime Sun Oct 30 08:59:59 2005 UTC = Sun Oct 30 01:59:59 2005 PDT isdst=1 gmtoff=-25200 /etc/localtime Sun Oct 30 09:00:00 2005 UTC = Sun Oct 30 01:00:00 2005 PST isdst=0 gmtoff=-28800 /etc/localtime Sun Apr 2 09:59:59 2006 UTC = Sun Apr 2 01:59:59 2006 PST isdst=0 gmtoff=-28800 /etc/localtime Sun Apr 2 10:00:00 2006 UTC = Sun Apr 2 03:00:00 2006 PDT isdst=1 gmtoff=-25200 /etc/localtime Sun Oct 29 08:59:59 2006 UTC = Sun Oct 29 01:59:59 2006 PDT isdst=1 gmtoff=-25200 /etc/localtime Sun Oct 29 09:00:00 2006 UTC = Sun Oct 29 01:00:00 2006 PST isdst=0 gmtoff=-28800 /etc/localtime Sun Apr 1 09:59:59 2007 UTC = Sun Apr 1 01:59:59 2007 PST isdst=0 gmtoff=-28800 /etc/localtime Sun Apr 1 10:00:00 2007 UTC = Sun Apr 1 03:00:00 2007 PDT isdst=1 gmtoff=-25200 /etc/localtime Sun Oct 28 08:59:59 2007 UTC = Sun Oct 28 01:59:59 2007 PDT isdst=1 gmtoff=-25200 /etc/localtime Sun Oct 28 09:00:00 2007 UTC = Sun Oct 28 01:00:00 2007 PST isdst=0 gmtoff=-28800 /etc/localtime Sun Apr 6 09:59:59 2008 UTC = Sun Apr 6 01:59:59 2008 PST isdst=0 gmtoff=-28800 /etc/localtime Sun Apr 6 10:00:00 2008 UTC = Sun Apr 6 03:00:00 2008 PDT isdst=1 gmtoff=-25200 /etc/localtime Sun Oct 26 08:59:59 2008 UTC = Sun Oct 26 01:59:59 2008 PDT isdst=1 gmtoff=-25200 - Davide - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
