This works on my Linux system, but the z/OS Unix system does not support the -d option.
I get an invalid date on "date -d '2007-03-11 02:00:00". This is SuSE 10, date --version says the version is 6.4. -----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of John Summerfield Sent: Friday, March 02, 2007 2:40 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Timezone change. Fargusson.Alan wrote: > How do you test today to see that the time change will occur at 2:00 AM on > March 11? man date It can do it. I like the of date -f list > > -----Original Message----- > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > John Summerfield > Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2007 2:39 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Timezone change. > > > Little, Chris wrote: >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >>> Behalf Of Fargusson.Alan >>> Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2007 11:36 AM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: Timezone change. >>> >>> * >>> * Note: When you run this program your timezone must be Pacific time. >>> * You might need to do "env TZ=PST8PDT dst". >>> */ >>> >>> #include <stdio.h> >>> #include <time.h> >>> >>> /* This is the exact time of the switch in 2007 for Pacific >>> time. */ #define BASE 1173607200 >> Or subtract 3600 for each zone east.... > > Whatever that means. > > > Wouldn't it be preferable to compare between local time and UTC for the > period in question? On Linux, it's a matter of using date -u: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ date -u;date > Thu Mar 1 22:38:00 UTC 2007 > Fri Mar 2 07:38:00 WST 2007 > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ > > A shell script to report the difference would be pretty trivial, and not > require unlikely tools. I don't install a CD on everything. Do you? > > > > > -- > > Cheers > John > > -- spambait > [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Please do not reply off-list > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > -- Cheers John -- spambait [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please do not reply off-list ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
