FYI: /etc/localtime and changing to summer time

[antonio montagnani]

Jeff Vian wrote/ha scritto, On/il 28/03/2004 22:35:

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>> Another issue might be that you are running a twin O.S. computer with 
>> Windows.
>> I have to start Windows then re-boot and time is fine...
>> Any other way to have summer time set properly in a computer like this??
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> Windoze resets the _system_ time for the daylight savings time 
> changes. This will be seen by booting to bios and checking the time 
> there. Check while on the standard time, then again when on daylight 
> time. I have 2 boxes side by side, one windoze and one FC1.  The time 
> is reset differently.
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> *nix boxes adjust the offset for the DST changes and do not reset 
> system time.  Dual boot systems often see the problems you describe. 
> This is a different way of handling the daylight savings time 
> changes.  To me the *nix way is better.  Although both work, on dual 
> boot systems one or the other OS will have time problems.
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> If your system cannot read the localtime link as the OP said, then the 
> effect you describe would be anticipated -----  you are using windoze 
> to change the system time and not getting an effective use out of the 
> localtime offset parameters from *nix.
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If I remember what happened, on a dual boot system (in my case Windows 
ME and Fedora Core) the *nix system didn't change the time, I had to 
reboot in Windows, summer time was adjusted, and then reboot the *nix 
system, and then both timezone and time were correct: i do not mind 
about this strange even if I am compelled to boot Window twice a year ;-)

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 Antonio M.

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