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Received: by minnie.vk1xwt.ampr.org with NNTP id AA7128 ; Mon, 18 Jan 93 10:48:05 EST Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!sgiblab!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mcsun!uknet!axion!rtf.bt.co.uk!duplain From: duplain@rtf.bt.co.uk (Andy Duplain) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: problems with date Message-ID: <1993Jan18.093043.4310@rtf.bt.co.uk> Date: 18 Jan 93 09:30:43 GMT References: <1iu2jsINN518@fbi-news.Informatik.Uni-Dortmund.DE> <1993Jan14.064517.7201@st.simbirsk.su> <1993Jan14.203042.12234@fcom.cc.utah.edu> Organization: BT Customer Systems, Brighton, UK Lines: 26 In article <1993Jan14.203042.12234@fcom.cc.utah.edu> terry@cs.weber.edu (A Wizard of Earth C) writes: >In article <1993Jan14.064517.7201@st.simbirsk.su> cliff@st.simbirsk.su (Viacheslav Andreev) writes: >>Ulrich Joergens (PG211) (joergens@snorre.informatik.uni-dortmund.de) wrote: >>: I am in trouble with date. The time is set correct but the day is set to >>: 'yesterday' so I'm 24 hours to late. The timezone in my config file is set >>: to -1 dst. >>I have the same trouble (timezone is set to -3 dst). > >Being "east" of GMT doesn't mean you should use a negative number, I believe. >Try "+23" and "+21" for your respective problems. > >Note that the time is dependant on a relative offsef from your DOS clock >setting; thus if your DOS clock is correct, the CMOS value is by >definition preadjusted; in this case, you should use "0 dst", since a 0 >adjust will leave the clock the same relative to the CMOS clock. > >Also : does daylight savings time actually apply in your necks of the woods? I have the same problem, and I use "0 dst 7" in my config files. I heard mention of patches by Andrew Chernev (spelling from memory) that fixed these probs... any idea where they are ? -- Andy Duplain, BT Customer Systems, Brighton, UK. duplain@rtf.bt.co.uk #define DISCLAIMER My views and opinions are my own, and not my company's