Author: jcorvel
Date: Sun Jun 26 22:30:56 2016
New Revision: 1750263
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=1750263&view=rev
Log:
FAQ: Generalize the question on Daylight Savings Time (DST)
* site/publish/faq.html
(dst-2007): Remove mention of 2007, and just speak about DST in general.
Modified:
subversion/site/publish/faq.html
Modified: subversion/site/publish/faq.html
URL:
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/subversion/site/publish/faq.html?rev=1750263&r1=1750262&r2=1750263&view=diff
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--- subversion/site/publish/faq.html (original)
+++ subversion/site/publish/faq.html Sun Jun 26 22:30:56 2016
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ For older questions, see <a href="#depre
get more information?</a></li>
<li><a href="#moderation">Why isn't my post showing up on the mailing
list?</a></li>
-<li><a href="#dst-2007">How is Subversion affected by the 2007 changes
+<li><a href="#dst-2007">How is Subversion affected by changes
in Daylight Savings Time (DST)?</a></li>
</ul>
@@ -714,21 +714,12 @@ again.</p>
</div>
<div class="h3" id="dst-2007">
-<h3>How is Subversion affected by the 2007 changes in Daylight Savings Time
(DST)?
+<h3>How is Subversion affected by changes in Daylight Savings Time (DST)?
<a class="sectionlink" href="#dst-2007"
title="Link to this section">¶</a>
</h3>
-<p>In August 2005 the US Congress passed the Energy Policy Act, which
-changes the dates of both the start and end of daylight saving time
-(DST). When this law went into effect in 2007, DST started three
-weeks earlier (2:00 A.M. on the second Sunday in March) and
-ended one week later (2:00 A.M. on the first Sunday in November)
-than what had traditionally occurred. For more information see:
-<a href="http://webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/b.html";>
-http://webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/b.html</a></p>
-
-<p>These changes to DST do not require any special changes or fixes to
+<p>Changes to DST do not require any special changes or fixes to
the Subversion code. Subversion primarily uses dates/times to record
when changes have been committed to the repository. This code runs
on the server and gets the current date/time from the operating system
