Bill Unruh wrote: [] > Just to amplify, Under Linux, BSD and others, the crucial file in > something > called > tzdata. > ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/tzdata*.gz > which can be downloaded from the web. In that file are listed all the > known > time regions together with their DST rules. They update it about 10 > times a year, every time they become aware of some new time zone > information from somewhere in the world. Compiling it with zic, > installing it, and pointing your system to the appropriate file is > all you need. That will > handle all changes like DST automatically with no intervention needed. > > Under Windows, I do not believe any such structure exists, and you > have to > persuade Microsoft to publish a patch for your system which contains > the > info. But I may be wrong. Under Mac, I think that they also use the > tzdata > database to handle time, but again I could be wrong. > Thus his telling us what OS he uses would enable more helpful answers > to > be given.
Bill, Under Windows, the equivalent information is held in the registry. There is a Time Zone Editor available to allow you to define the details of your time zone, if needed. http://download.microsoft.com/download/5/8/a/58a208b7-7dc7-4bc7-8357-28e29cdac52f/TZEDIT.exe http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927229 There is no need to "wait for Microsoft to publish a patch....." Cheers, David _______________________________________________ questions mailing list questions@lists.ntp.org https://lists.ntp.org/mailman/listinfo/questions
