On Sun, Oct 28, 2007 at 09:35:08PM +1100, Peter Jeremy wrote: > Based on a quick check, it doesn't look like adjkerntz(8) can handle > your situation. In the absence of any independent time source, it's > actually very difficult to handle this situation. In theory, it would > be possible to note that the last system shutdown (or last time the > RTC was set) and determine whether there's been a DST transition in > the period between then and now and adjust the RTC appropriately (I > believe Windows does this). The problem is that, unless this record > is kept within the RTC and all OSs co-operate in its meaning, each > OS will independently adjust the RTC when it is next rebooted (and > I believe multi-boot PCs run into this problem).
It would be possible to utilize a bit in the CMOS at boot time to decide if BIOS time set to Summer time and clear it appropriately, in theory :-) Eugene _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"