> Do we need to update anything on linux boxes ?
>
> Regards
>
> Mangesh

Yes  you would probably need one

the DST for USA is

* Start date: Second Sunday of March
* End date: First Sunday of November

a small test to know if your distro needs a patch , i am checking for
my time zone , it will vary for others

the output should be something as follows for a distro which does not
need a patch

$/usr/sbin/zdump -v PST8PDT |grep 2007
PST8PDT  Sun Mar 11 09:59:59 2007 UTC = Sun Mar 11 01:59:59 2007 PST
isdst=0 gmtoff=-28800
PST8PDT  Sun Mar 11 10:00:00 2007 UTC = Sun Mar 11 03:00:00 2007 PDT
isdst=1 gmtoff=-25200
PST8PDT  Sun Nov  4 08:59:59 2007 UTC = Sun Nov  4 01:59:59 2007 PDT
isdst=1 gmtoff=-25200
PST8PDT  Sun Nov  4 09:00:00 2007 UTC = Sun Nov  4 01:00:00 2007 PST
isdst=0 gmtoff=-28800

and it will be something like this for  a distro which needs a patch

$/usr/sbin/zdump -v PST8PDT | grep 2007
PST8PDT  Sun Apr  1 09:59:59 2007 UTC = Sun Apr  1 01:59:59 2007 PST
isdst=0 gmtoff=-28800
PST8PDT  Sun Apr  1 10:00:00 2007 UTC = Sun Apr  1 03:00:00 2007 PDT
isdst=1 gmtoff=-25200
PST8PDT  Sun Oct 28 08:59:59 2007 UTC = Sun Oct 28 01:59:59 2007 PDT
isdst=1 gmtoff=-25200
PST8PDT  Sun Oct 28 09:00:00 2007 UTC = Sun Oct 28 01:00:00 2007 PST
isdst=0 gmtoff=-28800

for more info check dstpatch.com


cheers
Satya

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