Sam Varshavchik scrive:
> On Fri, 3 Nov 2000, camillo bongiovanni wrote:
>
> >
> > Hy everbody,
> >
> >
> > does anybody know why, if I try to reset the Daylight Saving Time setup
> > (issuing a "date" command to set the correct time), sqwebmail starts to
> > behave tricky?
>
> Because you do not reset to/from daylight savings time by manually setting
> the date. You do that by correctly setting the timezone, and let the
> machine calculate the local time correctly.
>
> A number of algorythms relating to caching and optimizations uses the
> current system time as a factor. If you start screwing around with the
> system clock, you'll start seeing many strange things happening.
>
> Bottom line: you must properly configure the timezone on your machine. I
> can assure you that millions of system administrators around the world DO
> NOT have to manually adjust the clock twice a year. If a machine is
> properly configured, this happens automatically.
Sure! I apologize for such a topic, that highlights my DEEP IGNORANCE about
system administration stuffs...
;)
>
> --
> Sam
>
Saluti
Camillo Bongiovanni
camillo (at) bongiovanni (dot) com (dot) ar
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...I DEFINITELY use Sqwebmail.
