Re: Our (US) $s at work.

From: jdow (jdow_at_earthlink.net)
Date: 07/31/05

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Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2005 10:22:11 -0700

    From: "taharka" <res00vl8@alltel.net>

    > >This does not need fixing. When/if the date/time of the change between
    > >standard and daylight times changes, your timezone file (New York | Los
    > >Angeles | whatever) gets replaced/updated and it automagically happens
    > >at the proper time.
    > >
    > >That file as you both have listed tells the system when to switch times.
    > >There are many of those files on your system, one for each official time
    > >zone area around the world.
    > >
    > >
    > >
    > My file reads, "/usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Kentucky". Now, there are
    > two selections in that directory, Louisville & Monticello. I have
    > selected Louisville for my time zone. Suppose I wanted to make a copy of
    > the Louisville file, modify it to suite my taste (bear in mind, the
    > previous poster pointed out, the file "seems to be some compressed
    > format") & save the file as Lexington (which is where I am actually
    > located) in the /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Kentucky directory. How do I
    > modify the compressed file? Or, do simply copy the Louisville file &
    > rename it to Lexington?

    [root@grandpoobah /etc/mail/spamassassin]# rpm -qif
    /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Los_Angeles
    Name : tzdata Relocations: (not relocatable)
    Version : 2005i Vendor: Red Hat, Inc.
    Release : 2 Build Date: Sat 30 Apr 2005
    12:53:10 AM PDT
    Install Date: Mon 27 Jun 2005 01:11:29 AM PDT Build Host:
    decompose.build.redhat.com
    Group : System Environment/Base Source RPM:
    tzdata-2005i-2.src.rpm
    Size : 650572 License: GPL
    Signature : DSA/SHA1, Fri 20 May 2005 11:53:26 AM PDT, Key ID
    b44269d04f2a6fd2
    Packager : Red Hat, Inc. <http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla>
    Summary : Timezone data
    Description :
    This package contains data files with rules for various timezones around
    the world.

    So get the archive, expand the source, RTFM, and fix it.
    {^_^} 

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