On Thu, Mar 01, 2007 at 03:16:08PM -0800, Fargusson.Alan wrote: > How do you test today to see that the time change will occur at 2:00 AM on > March 11?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ date -d '2007-03-11 03:00:00' Sun Mar 11 03:00:00 CDT 2007 Note, the date '2007-03-11 02:00' doesn't exist in a timezone observing US DST, and date makes note of that: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ date -d '2007-03-11 02:00:00' date: invalid date `2007-03-11 02:00:00' [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ date -d '2007-03-11 01:59:59' Sun Mar 11 01:59:59 CST 2007 I recommend this over the zdump test, as the ACTUAL system is exercised, rather than dumping the data from a file that may not be used. Finally, remember this is all about timezone display, the actual time in UTC does NOT change! -- Bill Carlson -- Systems Administrator [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Anything is possible, HCIS | given time and money. University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics | Opinions are mine, not my employer's. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
