Daylight Savings time

[Fred C]

The file does not exist...


/usr/ports/misc/zoneinfo# make
===>  Vulnerability check disabled, database not found
=> tzdata2007j.tar.gz doesn't seem to exist in /usr/ports/distfiles/.
=> Attempting to fetch from ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/.
fetch: ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/tzdata2007j.tar.gz: File  
unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access)
=> Attempting to fetch from http://people.freebsd.org/~edwin/.
fetch: http://people.freebsd.org/~edwin/tzdata2007j.tar.gz: Not Found
=> Attempting to fetch from ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/distfiles/ 
.
fetch: ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/distfiles/tzdata2007j.tar.gz 
: File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access)
=> Couldn't fetch it - please try to retrieve this
=> port manually into /usr/ports/distfiles/ and try again.
*** Error code 1

Stop in /usr/ports/misc/zoneinfo.
/usr/ports/misc/zoneinfo#


On Mar 1, 2008, at 1:04 PM, Erik Trulsson wrote:

> On Sat, Mar 01, 2008 at 03:18:52PM -0500, Lisa Casey wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I suspect my FreeBSD 5.2 system isn't going to handle the change to  
>> Daylight Savings Time correctly next weekend:
>>
>> zdump -v /etc/localtime | grep 2008
>> /etc/localtime  Sun Apr  6 06:59:59 2008 UTC = Sun Apr  6 01:59:59  
>> 2008 EST isdst=0 gmtoff=-18000
>> /etc/localtime  Sun Apr  6 07:00:00 2008 UTC = Sun Apr  6 03:00:00  
>> 2008 EDT isdst=1 gmtoff=-14400
>> /etc/localtime  Sun Oct 26 05:59:59 2008 UTC = Sun Oct 26 01:59:59  
>> 2008 EDT isdst=1 gmtoff=-14400
>> /etc/localtime  Sun Oct 26 06:00:00 2008 UTC = Sun Oct 26 01:00:00  
>> 2008 EST isdst=0 gmtoff=-18000
>>
>> Could someone help me remember the steps I need to take to correct  
>> this?
>>
>
> Install the misc/zoneinfo port, which will install an updated  
> zoneinfo file on your
> machine, and then run tzsetup(8) to update /etc/localtime.
>
>
>
>
> -- 
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> Erik Trulsson
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