I suspect that one might be a throw-back to the Jurassic period but the lack of stone suggests Dell might have simply managed to construct a freak that doesn't happen to be shaped like a lemon.... :)
Me thinks running a magnet over the case and starting again would be a good idea... lol > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Grant [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: 05 October 2011 00:09 > To: cf-talk > Subject: Re: Week Weirdness > > > Is the epoch of both servers identical? > > On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 7:05 PM, Edward Chanter <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > They both use jrun, I didn't change it so they should both be exactly > > the same. The servers are not 10 years old (fortunately) one is about > > 2 years old and the other 4 :) > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Jason Fisher [mailto:[email protected]] > > > Sent: 04 October 2011 23:50 > > > To: cf-talk > > > Subject: Re: Week Weirdness > > > > > > > > > I know the various JVM versions have had issues with DST settings in > > > the past (like 10 years ago); do your 2 servers have the same JRE > > > configured > > for > > > CF? > > > > > > > > > > > > On 10/4/2011 6:13 PM, Edward Chanter wrote: > > > > Thinking about this on a more technical level, does anyone know > > > > where CF ultimately derives the week number? When I enter #now()# > > > > I assume that's the system time but when I do #week(now())# is > > > > that the CF server taking #now()# and deriving the week or does it > > > > get that from jrun or linux or does it work things out on its own? > > > > What could make a CF 8.0.1 server on one linux machine say that > > > > the exact same date/time/timezone is week 41 and every other CF > > > > server that I know of > > > say it's week 40? > > > > > > > > Why do I feel like an evil little [enter name of favourite nasty] > > > > has decided to inhabit one of my servers? > > > > > > > > The explanation must be so simple that I will call myself an idiot > > > > for not thinking about it when I do find out what it is.... > > > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > > > >> 1. Yes, exact same date and time > > > >> 2. Yes both are set to timezone London and both report "BST" next > > > >> to the time when I do a date command in linux 3. Yes in both > > > >> cases I used "#week(now())#" to get the CF date and "date > > > >> +%W" to get the linux date > > > >> > > > >> I've setup and configured quite a few CF linux servers and have > > > >> only ever seen this happen on one machine. > > > >> > > > >> "Welcome to Weirdsville, population: me" :( > > > >> > > > >>> -----Original Message----- > > > >>> Very odd indeed. It makes sense that linux and cf would differ > > > >>> by 1, as cf > > > >> is > > > >>> 1-53. However it doesn't make any sense to me why cf would > > > >>> return 40 on one and 41 on the other. Can you verify: > > > >>> > > > >>> 1) they are both the same server date? > > > >>> 2) they are both the same timezone offset? > > > >>> 3) they are both using CF's week() function to return the integer? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > ~~| > > > Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! > > > http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion- > > > Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion > > > Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf- > > > talk/message.cfm/messageid:347917 > > > Subscription: > > > http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm > > > Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf- > > > talk/unsubscribe.cfm > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~~| > Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! > http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion- > Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion > Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf- > talk/message.cfm/messageid:347922 > Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm > Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf- > talk/unsubscribe.cfm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:347923 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm

