Daylight savings time / 6.1 and 4.11

[Matthew Seaman]

hal wrote:

> 6.2-STABLE
> 
> zdump -v -c 2008 MST7MDT
> 
> MST7MDT  Sun Mar 11 08:59:59 2007 UTC = Sun Mar 11 01:59:59 2007 MST
> isdst=0 gmtoff=-25200
> MST7MDT  Sun Mar 11 09:00:00 2007 UTC = Sun Mar 11 03:00:00 2007 MDT
> isdst=1 gmtoff=-21600
> MST7MDT  Sun Nov  4 07:59:59 2007 UTC = Sun Nov  4 01:59:59 2007 MDT
> isdst=1 gmtoff=-21600
> MST7MDT  Sun Nov  4 08:00:00 2007 UTC = Sun Nov  4 01:00:00 2007 MST
> isdst=0 gmtoff=-25200
> 
> Shows the new MST -> MDT and MDT -> MST dates
> 
> zdump -v -c 2008 /etc/localtime
> 
> /etc/localtime  Sun Apr  1 08:59:59 2007 UTC = Sun Apr  1 01:59:59 2007
> MST isdst=0 gmtoff=-25200
> /etc/localtime  Sun Apr  1 09:00:00 2007 UTC = Sun Apr  1 03:00:00 2007
> MDT isdst=1 gmtoff=-21600
> /etc/localtime  Sun Oct 28 07:59:59 2007 UTC = Sun Oct 28 01:59:59 2007
> MDT isdst=1 gmtoff=-21600
> /etc/localtime  Sun Oct 28 08:00:00 2007 UTC = Sun Oct 28 01:00:00 2007
> MST isdst=0 gmtoff=-25200
> 
> Shows the old MST -> MDT and MDT -> MST dates
> 
> What did I miss?  What do I do next?

Your /etc/localtime is probably a copy of the old zoneinfo data, left
over from a previous incarnation.  Just copy the updated zoneinfo data
for your local timezone (I'm assuming it is MST7MDT) over it.

    cp /usr/share/zoneinfo/MST7MDT /etc/localtime

[You could make /etc/localtime a link or a symlink to the appropriate
file under /usr/share/zoneinfo, but only if /etc and /usr/share/zoneinfo
happen to be on the same filesystem (ie. on the root filesystem), which
is not the case in the  default install of FreeBSD]

There is yet another copy of localtime in /var/named/etc/localtime which
you should also update in the came way if you're running named at all.

	Cheers,

	Matthew


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