Re: New DST Rules

Mike Husmann, 09.11.2006 23:17:
> Hello list,

Hello.. Please do not reply to an unrelated email when starting a new 
thread.

>   Since the U.S. is changing Daylight Savings Time, what do I need to do on
> my system to update the DST rules?  I am using ntp for all my boxes, but
> from what I read, I need to update all of the dst rules.
> 
>   Is this something I need to do on my boxes, or something for the
> developers to address on a distro level?


zdump -v /usr/share/zoneinfo/US/Eastern | egrep '(2006|2007)'

/usr/share/zoneinfo/US/Eastern  Sun Apr  2 06:59:59 2006 UTC = Sun Apr 
2 01:59:59 2006 EST isdst=0 gmtoff=-18000
/usr/share/zoneinfo/US/Eastern  Sun Apr  2 07:00:00 2006 UTC = Sun Apr 
2 03:00:00 2006 EDT isdst=1 gmtoff=-14400
/usr/share/zoneinfo/US/Eastern  Sun Oct 29 05:59:59 2006 UTC = Sun Oct 
29 01:59:59 2006 EDT isdst=1 gmtoff=-14400
/usr/share/zoneinfo/US/Eastern  Sun Oct 29 06:00:00 2006 UTC = Sun Oct 
29 01:00:00 2006 EST isdst=0 gmtoff=-18000
/usr/share/zoneinfo/US/Eastern  Sun Apr  1 06:59:59 2007 UTC = Sun Apr 
1 01:59:59 2007 EST isdst=0 gmtoff=-18000
/usr/share/zoneinfo/US/Eastern  Sun Apr  1 07:00:00 2007 UTC = Sun Apr 
1 03:00:00 2007 EDT isdst=1 gmtoff=-14400
/usr/share/zoneinfo/US/Eastern  Sun Oct 28 05:59:59 2007 UTC = Sun Oct 
28 01:59:59 2007 EDT isdst=1 gmtoff=-14400
/usr/share/zoneinfo/US/Eastern  Sun Oct 28 06:00:00 2007 UTC = Sun Oct 
28 01:00:00 2007 EST isdst=0 gmtoff=-18000


Doesn't seem like TSL is ready. Most distros have these files in a 
seperate tzdata-package, but this appears not to be the case with TSL. 
TSL needs to upgrade glibs to address this.

Deadline is March 2007, guys ;)

I would recommend shifting these files to a seperate package so they can 
be updated more often and easier. Updates happen occationally and this 
only got so much attention because the US is involved.