[TriLUG] DST fix

[Warren Myers]

Are you not running your server on UTC? For most applications, you shouldn't
really have to worry about DST on a server.

Also, RHEL 3 is set to be maintained for at least the next 3 years.

WMM

On 2/26/07, Mark Fowle <mfowle at adeliesystems.com> wrote:
>
> whats the up2date command to download the rpm's but not install ?
>
>
> On 2/26/07, Michael Rothwell <michael at rothwell.us> wrote:
> > You should just be able to apply a recent Fedora or RHEL tzdata
> > package (--force, perhaps).
> >
> > To check for correct timezone data for the new DST change:
> >
> > # /usr/sbin/zdump -v CST6CDT | grep 2007
> > CST6CDT  Sun Mar 11 07:59:59 2007 UTC = Sun Mar 11 01:59:59 2007 CST
> > isdst=0 gmtoff=-21600
> > CST6CDT  Sun Mar 11 08:00:00 2007 UTC = Sun Mar 11 03:00:00 2007 CDT
> > isdst=1 gmtoff=-18000
> > CST6CDT  Sun Nov  4 06:59:59 2007 UTC = Sun Nov  4 01:59:59 2007 CDT
> > isdst=1 gmtoff=-18000
> > CST6CDT  Sun Nov  4 07:00:00 2007 UTC = Sun Nov  4 01:00:00 2007 CST
> > isdst=0 gmtoff=-21600
> >
> >
> >
> > On Feb 26, 2007, at 3:27 PM, Mark Fowle wrote:
> >
> > > All - I have an older  RHEL ES3 server that no long has up2date (no
> > > contracts, etc..) -
> > > I need to patch it for Day Light Savings and am not sure whats
> > > involved except for tzdata (source and patch) - I've downloaded it,
> > > but have no clue what to do with it?  Has anyone out there applied
> > > this manually?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Mark
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