Re: [gentoo-user] Daylight savings time

2007-11-08 Thread Vaeth
On Thu, 8 Nov 2007, James wrote: In my /etc/conf.d/clock file I have these relevant settings: CLOCK=local TIMEZONE=America/New_York CLOCK_SYSTOHC=yes it's a dual boot (XP gentoo) workstation. I had to set the time manually to adjust for the 1 hour shift. I guess you mean that in this

Re: [gentoo-user] Daylight savings time

2007-11-08 Thread felix
On Thu, Nov 08, 2007 at 02:35:06AM -0500, Philip Webb wrote: 071108 James wrote: In my /etc/conf.d/clock file I have these relevant settings: CLOCK=local That sb utc. I have heard that Windows expects the hardware clock to be in local time, including daylight savings adjustments.

Re: [gentoo-user] Daylight savings time

2007-11-08 Thread Uwe Thiem
On 08 November 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Nov 08, 2007 at 02:35:06AM -0500, Philip Webb wrote: 071108 James wrote: In my /etc/conf.d/clock file I have these relevant settings: CLOCK=local That sb utc. I have heard that Windows expects the hardware clock to be in local

[gentoo-user] Daylight savings time

2007-11-07 Thread James
Hello, In my /etc/conf.d/clock file I have these relevant settings: CLOCK=local TIMEZONE=America/New_York CLOCK_SYSTOHC=yes it's a dual boot (XP gentoo) workstation. I had to set the time manually to adjust for the 1 hour shift. Shouldn't this be automatic? What did I miss? James --

Re: [gentoo-user] Daylight savings time

2007-11-07 Thread Dan Farrell
On Thu, 8 Nov 2007 00:16:46 + (UTC) James [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, In my /etc/conf.d/clock file I have these relevant settings: CLOCK=local TIMEZONE=America/New_York CLOCK_SYSTOHC=yes it's a dual boot (XP gentoo) workstation. I had to set the time manually to adjust for

Re: [gentoo-user] Daylight savings time

2007-11-07 Thread Philip Webb
071108 James wrote: In my /etc/conf.d/clock file I have these relevant settings: CLOCK=local That sb utc. TIMEZONE=America/New_York CLOCK_SYSTOHC=yes it's a dual boot (XP gentoo) workstation. However, M$ Windows may insist on changing the time on its own, so you may find it happens

Re: [gentoo-user] daylight savings time

2007-03-03 Thread Roger Mason
Thanks everyone. I'll report back on the outcome on D-day (March 11). Roger -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

[gentoo-user] daylight savings time

2007-03-02 Thread Roger Mason
Hello all, 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? Thanks, Roger --

Re: [gentoo-user] daylight savings time

2007-03-02 Thread Hans-Werner Hilse
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

Re: [gentoo-user] daylight savings time

2007-03-02 Thread Bo Ørsted Andresen
On Friday 02 March 2007 13:35:22 Hans-Werner Hilse wrote: 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... That's not how it's done anymore. Instead you set: TIMEZONE=Canada/Newfoundland in

Re: [gentoo-user] daylight savings time

2007-03-02 Thread Raymond Lewis Rebbeck
On Friday, 2 March 2007 23:28, Bo Ørsted Andresen wrote: On Friday 02 March 2007 13:35:22 Hans-Werner Hilse wrote: 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... That's not how it's

RE: [gentoo-user] daylight savings time

2007-03-02 Thread McCaffrey, Ennis
-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

Re: [gentoo-user] daylight savings time [Slightly OT]

2007-03-02 Thread John J. Foster
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

RE: [gentoo-user] daylight savings time [Slightly OT]

2007-03-02 Thread McCaffrey, Ennis
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

Re: [gentoo-user] daylight savings time [Slightly OT]

2007-03-02 Thread Dan Farrell
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

Re: [gentoo-user] daylight savings time [Slightly OT]

2007-03-02 Thread Albert Hopkins
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

Re: [gentoo-user] Daylight Savings Time patch ...

2006-12-03 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 2 Dec 2006 12:02:01 -0700, Richard Fish wrote: I agree. In fact, we should just do away with timezones altogether and all start using UTC. :-) Let's get rid of those confusing hours and minutes too and use a decimal system like Swatch time

Re: [gentoo-user] Daylight Savings Time patch ...

2006-12-02 Thread Dale
Statux wrote: AFAIK, this should have been addressed with the timezone-data updates. The zoneinfo files, et al, are what define how the changes happen for a particular timezone. On Fri, 2006-12-01 at 15:45 -0500, McCaffrey, Ennis wrote: Does Gentoo have a patch for the new Daylight

Re: [gentoo-user] Daylight Savings Time patch ...

2006-12-02 Thread Jerry McBride
On Saturday 02 December 2006 04:58, Dale wrote: Statux wrote: AFAIK, this should have been addressed with the timezone-data updates. The zoneinfo files, et al, are what define how the changes happen for a particular timezone. On Fri, 2006-12-01 at 15:45 -0500, McCaffrey, Ennis wrote:

Re: [gentoo-user] Daylight Savings Time patch ...

2006-12-02 Thread Richard Fish
On 12/2/06, Dale [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think a better solution would be to get rid of the DST and be done with it. What exactly is that for anyway? I agree. In fact, we should just do away with timezones altogether and all start using UTC. :-) -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Daylight Savings Time patch ...

2006-12-02 Thread Dale
Richard Fish wrote: On 12/2/06, Dale [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think a better solution would be to get rid of the DST and be done with it. What exactly is that for anyway? I agree. In fact, we should just do away with timezones altogether and all start using UTC. :-) Now THAT sounds

[gentoo-user] Daylight Savings Time patch ...

2006-12-01 Thread McCaffrey, Ennis
Does Gentoo have a patch for the new Daylight Savings Time standard that has been enacted and will be put in place next spring? Sincerely, Ennis McCaffrey Engineering Product Manager Advanced Technology Group Time Warner Cable 7910 Crescent Executive Drive Charlotte, NC 28217 Tel (704)

Re: [gentoo-user] Daylight Savings Time patch ...

2006-12-01 Thread Statux
AFAIK, this should have been addressed with the timezone-data updates. The zoneinfo files, et al, are what define how the changes happen for a particular timezone. On Fri, 2006-12-01 at 15:45 -0500, McCaffrey, Ennis wrote: Does Gentoo have a patch for the new Daylight Savings Time standard that