[Eug-lug] Daylight Savings as of 2007

Bob Miller kbob at jogger-egg.com
Fri Feb 16 15:54:50 PST 2007


Matthew Jarvis wrote:

> I seems that one needs to regenerate a file called "EST5EDT" then copy 
> it into place, implying that it is generic.

Actually you want PST8PDT, unless you're working on the east coast. (-:

The tzdata file format is portable.  You can read about it in the
tzfile(5) man page.

But I'd encourage you to update the file in the normal way.  Systems
that are behind in their updates are just waiting to be ownz0red.

-- 
Bob Miller                              K<bob>
                                        kbob at jogger-egg.com


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