James, On Thursday 05 May 2005 19:13, James Knott wrote:
Chris Carlen wrote:
Hi:
I am in Pacific timezone, but I don't know when it is supposed to be PST vs. PDT. ...
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Is PDT correct for this time of year? Is this set automagically?
It would be PDT. The time changes in April & October. If your computer is set up correctly, it should change automatically.
My experience with recent OSes, including all of MacOS, Windows and Linux, is that they automatically adapt to the onset and termination of Daylight Saving Time (even my VCR does this, based on time signals embedded in TV broadcasts). My question is, how is this handled in Linux? Is it part of the NTP protocol, or must the dates be encoded in some configuration information somewhere? If it's the latter, how will the possible legislative change to the national DST start and end dates be accommodated in Linux software? Randall Schulz