[PLUG-TALK] Re: [PLUG] DST Sunday morning - Check your system, Win users beware
Brent Rieck
bsr at spek.org
Tue Mar 13 14:35:06 UTC 2007
(moved to plug-talk..)
Elliott Mitchell wrote:
>> From: Brent Rieck <bsr at spek.org>
>> DST it also can't eliminate it either unless you tell it you're at a
>> location that's never obeyed DST which just causes another set of time
>> problems.
>
> I've never seen a Linux distribution that didn't include static versions
> of the timezones. Setting the timezone to PST instead of US/Pacific will
> make the system clock be PST all the time. I don't know whether the other
> bit of software can handle that, but I think it likely.
I wasn't talking about linux as it obviously has no problem with DST
changes (or lack thereof)
>> Also, I like the extra daylight at the end of the day during DST..
>
> Then arrange with your employer to start and end your day early during
> the summer. Don't mess with my clock (not to mention the huge
> productivity losses due to sleepy workers during the change).
My employer isn't the problem, I can start and leave work whenever I
please, my friends and family cannot however. Perhaps the whole country
could just agree to operate on a single time zone too? That would be so
much more convenient for everybody.
--Brent
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