Have a current ports tree cd /usr/ports/misc/zonefile make install this gets the correct (and current) timezone file "tzdata2006p.tar.gz" and does all the right stuff for you. Make sure that you follow the last instruction from the build as you have to manually run tzsetup at the end.
mjt Murray Taylor Special Projects Engineer Bytecraft Systems P: +61 3 8710 2555 F: +61 3 8710 2599 D: +61 3 9238 4275 E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- "Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction." --Albert Einstein > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Gerard Seibert > Sent: Friday, 1 December 2006 10:59 PM > To: User Questions > Subject: Re: Western Australian Daylight Savings changes > > On Friday December 01, 2006 at 06:03:12 (AM) Dean Hollister wrote: > > > > To confuse things even more, Western Australia is starting > daylight saving > > for a 3 year trial. The start/stop dates are not uniform, > just to make > > life harder. The dates are as follows: > > > > First on: 2:00am Dec 3 > > 2007-2008: 2:00am Oct lastSun (ON) > > 2007-2009: 2:00am Mar lastSun (OFF) > > > > If I've got the zoneinfo rules right, they go something > like (sorry if > > field formatting doesn't come out properly): > > > > > > # Western Australia > > Zone Australia/Perth 7:43:24 - LMT 1895 Dec > > 8:00 Aus WST 1943 Jul > > 8:00 - WST 1974 Oct > lastSun 2:00s > > 8:00 1:00 WST 1975 Mar > Sun>=1 2:00s > > 8:00 - WST 1983 Oct > lastSun 2:00s > > 8:00 1:00 WST 1984 Mar > Sun>=1 2:00s > > 8:00 - WST 1991 Nov 17 2:00s > > 8:00 1:00 WST 1992 Mar > Sun>=1 2:00s > > 8:00 - WST 2006 Dec 2 > > 8:00 AW WST 2009 Mar > lastSun 2:00s > > 8:00 - WST > > > > # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT > SAVE > > LETTER/S > > Rule AW 2006 only - Dec 3 > 2:00s 1:00 - > > Rule AW 2007 2008 - Oct lastSun > 2:00s 1:00 - > > Rule AW 2007 2009 - Mar lastSun > 2:00s 0 - > > > > Has anything at this stage been committed to the -STABLE > branches for > > these changes, or will most need to do them manually? > > > > The gazetted changes/references are at: > > > > http://wa.gov.au/daylightsaving/ > > I Don't know if this will help you or not, but I have used this shell > script to facilitate updating this system. > > ********************************************************************* > #!/usr/local/bin/bash > > mkdir tz > cd tz > wget 'ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/tz*.tar.gz' > gzip -dc tzcode*.tar.gz | tar -xf - > gzip -dc tzdata*.tar.gz | tar -xf - > ********************************************************************* > Be sure to read the documentation obviously. > > -- > Gerard > > Mail from '@gmail' is rejected and/or discarded here. Don't waste > your time! > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > --------------------------------------------------------------- The information transmitted in this e-mail is for the exclusive use of the intended addressee and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, re-transmission, dissemination or other use of it, or the taking of any action in reliance upon this information by persons and/or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please inform the sender and/or addressee immediately and delete the material. E-mails may not be secure, may contain computer viruses and may be corrupted in transmission. Please carefully check this e-mail (and any attachment) accordingly. No warranties are given and no liability is accepted for any loss or damage caused by such matters. --------------------------------------------------------------- ### This e-mail message has been scanned for Viruses by Bytecraft ### _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
