Sorry, it's my work laptop ... The just of my email follows ...
zdump -v /etc/localtime | grep 2007 -Ennis -----Original Message----- From: John J. Foster [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 02, 2007 10:26 AM To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] daylight savings time [Slightly OT] Anyone else having trouble with the format (^M's) in Ennis' email? On Fri, Mar 02, 2007 at 09:29:16AM -0500, McCaffrey, Ennis wrote: > > > -----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 > (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? > > > 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... > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newfoundland_Standard_Time_Zone suggests > > that it was changed just recently. Make sure your timezone-data > ebuild > is up to date and installed. In order to get an 2007 version, > you might > need to architecture unmask it. > > > http://www.twinsun.com/tz/tz-link.htm has wealth of information > regarding zoneinfo. > > -hwh > > Running the following command will tell you how your current timezone is > set: > > > > For EST the result should look as follows: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ zdump -v /etc/localtime | grep 2007 > /etc/localtime Sun Mar 11 06:59:59 2007 UTC = Sun Mar 11 01:59:59 2007 > EST isdst=0 > /etc/localtime Sun Mar 11 07:00:00 2007 UTC = Sun Mar 11 03:00:00 2007 > EDT isdst=1 > /etc/localtime Sun Nov 4 05:59:59 2007 UTC = Sun Nov 4 01:59:59 2007 > EDT isdst=1 > /etc/localtime Sun Nov 4 06:00:00 2007 UTC = Sun Nov 4 01:00:00 2007 > EST isdst=0 > > -Ennis > > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > > ----------------------------------------- > This E-mail and any of its attachments may contain Time Warner > Cable proprietary information, which is privileged, confidential, > or subject to copyright belonging to Time Warner Cable. This E-mail > is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which > it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient of this > E-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, > distribution, copying, or action taken in relation to the contents > of and attachments to this E-mail is strictly prohibited and may be > unlawful. If you have received this E-mail in error, please notify > the sender immediately and permanently delete the original and any > copy of this E-mail and any printout. > > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
