Re: GMT / BST Question

2005-08-17 Thread Gerald Davies
On 8/17/05, Jason Crawford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, I know when I set /etc/localtime to > /usr/share/zoneinfo/US/Eastern, it automatically compensates for > daylight savings time, so I imagine if you set /etc/localtime to > /usr/share/zoneinfo/GB it would do the same, unless I'm completel

Re: GMT / BST Question

2005-08-17 Thread Andy Hayward
> i've noticed my obsd box hasn't altered it's time (BST). I'm linked using: > > ln -fs /usr/share/zoneinfo/GMT /etc/localtime Try /usr/share/zoneinfo/GB instead. -- ach

Re: GMT / BST Question

2005-08-17 Thread Frank Bax
At 01:21 PM 8/17/05, Gerald Davies wrote: i've noticed my obsd box hasn't altered it's time (BST). I'm linked using: ln -fs /usr/share/zoneinfo/GMT /etc/localtime Last time I checked BST <> GMT. Didn't someone ask this same question last week? Try looking at alternatives in /usr/share/zonei

Re: GMT / BST Question

2005-08-17 Thread Jason Crawford
Well, I know when I set /etc/localtime to /usr/share/zoneinfo/US/Eastern, it automatically compensates for daylight savings time, so I imagine if you set /etc/localtime to /usr/share/zoneinfo/GB it would do the same, unless I'm completely misunderstanding how the time zone files work (or that GB is

GMT / BST Question

2005-08-17 Thread Gerald Davies
hi all, i've noticed my obsd box hasn't altered it's time (BST). I'm linked using: ln -fs /usr/share/zoneinfo/GMT /etc/localtime and i'm using the uk pool of ntp servers. but that's an hour behind. Is there a recommended way to get this to BST (I've noticed the date -dst option and the kernel