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Re: DST: Same procedure as every half-year?

From: Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson(at)cox.net>
Date: Wed Oct 31 2007 - 05:33:18 EDT

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On 10/31/07 02:11, Dan H wrote:
> Hello list,
>
> it happened again (in Germany, anyway). As of Sunday, we're back
> on winter time (CET). Except my computer ain't. And every
> half-year I forget just what I did to set the clock right. I've
> got the timezone set right (Europe/Berlin CET) but the clock
> lags. Is there some accepted standard and automatic way of
> honoring DST? Even Windows gets this right. I'm using ntpd to
> sync my clock. Ntp itself works right -- every now and then I
> have to erase my buggy BIOS settings, which resets the hardware
> clock to the Nineties, but when Linux comes up the clock is
> always correct (except that little DST issue of course).

Automatic clock adjustment has always worked for me.

What branch are you using? Etch? Sarge?

What version of tzdata do you have?

-- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA

Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day. Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good!

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