Re: FIX FOR HAMM: timezone problem
Dale Scheetz <dwarf@polaris.net> writes:
> > The boot disks should not offer confusing options. They should offer
> > the working one (CST6CDT for me) and no non-working ones. The same
> > goes for tzconfig. Otherwise, anybody using xntp or something similar
> > will always get incorrect times.
> >
> I'm sorry to disapoint you, but US/Central is a perfectly valid timezone.
> It is only intended for those parts of the central US where Daylight
> Savings Time is not practiced. You will notice that there are equivalet
> settings for the other timezones as well.
Yes. But almost all of the US does use DST. I believe the sole
exception is a few counties in Indiana. Therefore it does indeed seem
to be broken. I'm not sure if Indiana is in Central or Eastern, but I
can say for sure that Mountain and Pacific zones have no place like
that -- they all switch for DST.
Neither the boot disks nor tzconfig make this distinction clear,
although it would be trivial to do so, I think. Further, I think that
the "System V" options should be the default instead of the other
ones.
> While I admit that setting your timezone is not always obvious. Once you
> figure out the correct setting, it never changes, as long as you don't
> move very far.
Yes, but here I've been running for over half a year with the wrong
timezone because nobody ever told me it's wrong. US/Central looks
perfect in the setup -- I can imagine people going "What is this
CST6CDT thing?" In both tzconfig and the boot disks, one is presented
with US/Central before CST6CDT. I don't know if it still does this,
but older versions would ask you this after you booted up the first
time -- they'd actually ask for you to punch in your geographical
region. To that question, you'd answer US instead of CST6CDT.
> If we supplied a whole book on the subject there would still be confused
> people. On the other hand, if you can come up with an explanation that is
> short and clear, I will be happy to incorporate it into the tzconfig
> script.
I'd say something like: "If your time changes for daylight savings
time, use these options. Otherwise, use these."
Something needs to be done on the bootdisks, too.
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