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On Tue, 04 Apr 2006, in the Usenet newsgroup comp.os.linux.misc, in article
It doesn't exist as a specific control or checkbox. Use of DST is controlled by selecting the correct local timezone. You posted from an Irvine, California, USA DSL address, so a selection of 'US-Pacific', 'America-LosAngeles' or 'PST8PDT' would set things right.
On 12 Apr 2006, in the Usenet newsgroup comp.os.linux.misc, in article That might be pushing the numbers a bit. And Vancouver isn't that much...
I suppose by looking at the source code, and struggling through that mess ;-)
As this stuff has been around for *nix since the early days, you could look at the timezone definition files - the latest being found at ftp:--elsie.nci.nih.gov-pub-tzdata2006c.tar.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 8800 0 150700 Apr 3 14:09 tzdata2006c.tar.gz
compton ~-time2006c$ ls africa backward iso3166.tab solar87 systemv antarctica etcetera leapseconds solar88 yearistype.sh asia europe northamerica solar89 zone.tab australasia factory pacificnew southamerica compton ~-time2006c$ ls -l northamerica -r--r--r-- 1 ibuprofi users 94060 Apr 3 07:07 northamerica compton ~-time2006c$
Minor change for our Canadian neighbors. Overall, there were also changes to Iran (ignoring DST again), Sri Lanka (changing from GMT+6:00 to GMT+5:30 on April 13 of this year), Thule, and Tunisia. If your distribution has their fingers out, an updated set of zonefiles should be available soon. With the exception of the Sri Lanka change (the Iran non-timechange was to have occurred on March 22, and Tunisia did go to DST on that date), nothing is happening in the next few months.
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