Re: FIX FOR HAMM: timezone problem
On 16 Jun 1998, John Goerzen wrote:
> Enrique Zanardi <ezanardi@ull.es> writes:
>
> > On Tue, Jun 16, 1998 at 07:54:42AM -0500, John Goerzen wrote:
> > > 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.
> >
> > OK. So, which are the options for DST and which are the others? Does that
> > apply to all US zones or only to US/Central?
>
> It appears that the ones like CST6CDT, EST5EDT, etc. are the proper
> ones for the majority of US. Most of Indiana and some spots of Arizona
> apparently use other options, but I don't know what they are at the
> moment.
>
> This applies to all US (and Canadian and Mexican?) timezones.
I assume you have all looked in the timezone information files in the
glibc package? They explain in detail exactly how each timezone is setup,
when then go to dst and so on.
Jason
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