On Sun, 26 Mar 2006 08:26:22 +1000 Howard Lowndes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> This gets weirder. > > My original comments were made against my production systems which > are running Fedora Core 4. My test environment running Fedora Core 5 > gets it right. My Ubuntu Breezy has it right. > > > Howard Lowndes wrote: > > There is a problem with the times zone data files for Linux > > > > Despite having the correct time zone data files (to accommodate the > > Comm Games), and my workstation being set to the correct time zone, > > it has still reverted back 1 hour, which it shouldn't be doing > > until next weekend. > > > > tzdata extracts: > > # zdump -v Australia/NSW|grep 2006 > > Australia/NSW Sat Apr 1 15:59:59 2006 UTC = Sun Apr 2 02:59:59 > > 2006 EST isdst=1 gmtoff=39600 > > Australia/NSW Sat Apr 1 16:00:00 2006 UTC = Sun Apr 2 02:00:00 > > 2006 EST isdst=0 gmtoff=36000 > > Australia/NSW Sat Oct 28 15:59:59 2006 UTC = Sun Oct 29 01:59:59 > > 2006 EST isdst=0 gmtoff=36000 > > Australia/NSW Sat Oct 28 16:00:00 2006 UTC = Sun Oct 29 03:00:00 > > 2006 EST isdst=1 gmtoff=39600 > > > > # zdump -v Australia/Sydney|grep 2006 > > Australia/Sydney Sat Apr 1 15:59:59 2006 UTC = Sun Apr 2 > > 02:59:59 2006 EST isdst=1 gmtoff=39600 > > Australia/Sydney Sat Apr 1 16:00:00 2006 UTC = Sun Apr 2 > > 02:00:00 2006 EST isdst=0 gmtoff=36000 > > Australia/Sydney Sat Oct 28 15:59:59 2006 UTC = Sun Oct 29 > > 01:59:59 2006 EST isdst=0 gmtoff=36000 > > Australia/Sydney Sat Oct 28 16:00:00 2006 UTC = Sun Oct 29 > > 03:00:00 2006 EST isdst=1 gmtoff=39600 > > > > # date; date -u > > Sun Mar 26 06:31:07 EST 2006 > > Sat Mar 25 20:31:07 UTC 2006 > > > > -- > Howard. > LANNet Computing Associates - Your Linux people > <http://lannetlinux.com> When you want a computer system that works, > just choose Linux; When you want a computer system that works, just, > choose Microsoft. -- > Flatter government, not fatter government; abolish the Australian > states. > > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > -- Alan L Tyree http://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan Tel: +61 2 4782 2670 Mobile: +61 428 148 071 Fax: +61 2 4782 7092 FWD: 615662 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
