2007 DST Change

[Les Mikesell]

Jason L Tibbitts III wrote:
>>>>>> "TB" == Travis Bullock <tbullock at avmax.ca> writes:
> 
> TB> Does anyone have a procedure that describes the process for
> TB> updating my Fedora Core 2, 4 and 5 implemenations in regards to
> TB> the DST changes in US/Canada?
> 
> FC4 and 5 should not need any fixes.
> 
>> zdump -v US/Central|grep 2007
> US/Central  Sun Mar 11 07:59:59 2007 UTC = Sun Mar 11 01:59:59 2007 CST isdst=0 gmtoff=-21600
> US/Central  Sun Mar 11 08:00:00 2007 UTC = Sun Mar 11 03:00:00 2007 CDT isdst=1 gmtoff=-18000
> US/Central  Sun Nov  4 06:59:59 2007 UTC = Sun Nov  4 01:59:59 2007 CDT isdst=1 gmtoff=-18000
> US/Central  Sun Nov  4 07:00:00 2007 UTC = Sun Nov  4 01:00:00 2007 CST isdst=0 gmtoff=-21600
> 
> FC2, well, I just overwrote /usr/share/zoneinfo/CST6CDT with one from
> a newer machine and at least zdump shows the proper info.  Of course,
> you'll have to do what's appropriate for your time zone.
> Unfortunately I'm not really sure if this will actually do the right
> thing when March 11 comes around.

That will only work if you explicitly set TZ=CST6CDT in your 
environment.  You need to copy the appropriate timezone file to 
/etc/timezone for the default.

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   Les Mikesell
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