On Sun, 26 Mar 2006 09:16:27 +1000 David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Mar 26, 2006 at 09:33:40AM +1100, Alan L Tyree wrote: > > 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. > > My breezy has it wrong :( I didn't alter the standard install. If I > recall it points at ubuntu's own timeserver?
I don't know. I always run the updates when they are available, so that might be part of it. I don't think it is the timeserver since I believe that they generally report UTC. > > So does the rest of my mix of apples/debian/ubuntu > > I've got a local network timeserver pointing at ntp.syd.connect.com.au > which seems to be getting the wrong time. > > Is there a timeserver that is giving the right time? > > David. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 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 > > > -- > 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
