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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.sprintlink.net!gatech!howland.reston.ans.net!Germany.EU.net!Bonn.Germany.EU.net!aed.aed-graphics.de!not-for-mail From: siggy@aed.aed-graphics.de (Siggy Hensel) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Subject: TZ=MET and MET-0 are 2 hours apart Date: 12 Jul 1995 16:04:33 +0200 Organization: AED Graphics GmbH, Bonn, Germany Lines: 50 Message-ID: <3u0kph$bpt@aed.AED-Graphics.DE> NNTP-Posting-Host: aed.aed-graphics.de I have a triple OS i486 machine and want to have the same time in NetBSD, OS/2 and DOS. With NetBSD 1.0 release, the link /etc/localtime -> /usr/share/zoneinfo/MET worked fine. After the upgrade to 1.0-current (June 95) the NetBSD clock is 2 hours in the future. The following shows the output of different timezone settings: with /etc/localtime -> /usr/share/zoneinfo/MET $ unset TZ; date :: Wed Jul 12 01:49:16 MET DST 1995 without /etc/localtime $ unset TZ; date :: Tue Jul 11 23:39:29 GMT 1995 ============================================================================= $ TZ=MET+3 date :: Tue Jul 11 20:39:58 MET 1995 $ TZ=MET+2 date :: Tue Jul 11 21:40:09 MET 1995 $ TZ=MET+1 date :: Tue Jul 11 22:40:17 MET 1995 $ TZ=MET+0 date :: Tue Jul 11 23:40:29 MET 1995 $ TZ=MET-0 date :: Tue Jul 11 23:40:46 MET 1995 $ TZ=MET-1 date :: Wed Jul 12 00:40:53 MET 1995 $ TZ=MET-2 date :: Wed Jul 12 01:41:03 MET 1995 $ TZ=MET-3 date :: Wed Jul 12 02:41:10 MET 1995 $ TZ=MET date :: Wed Jul 12 01:41:19 MET DST 1995 $ TZ=MET-0 date :: Tue Jul 11 23:41:32 MET 1995 Q: Is this expected behaviour? Q: Why did this work in 1.0 release? Q: Why gives TZ=MET "MET DST" with 2 hours difference? In Germany we have exactly 1 hour difference between summer and winter time. The kernel config is the same as the GENERIC: TIMEZONE=0 , DST=0 I want local time for Germany, and no DST, because I have to set the DOS clock manually for summer and winter time. Thank you very much! -- Siggy Hensel < siggy@aed-graphics.de >