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From: rcisnet2!color_galaxy_mw!eric_levinson
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Re: 386bsd & timezone
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Message-ID: <39@rcisnet2.uucp>
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 92 21:17:49 PDT
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Organization: The Rainbow Connection Information Service
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It is behind because the MSDOS system clock is assumed to be STANDARD time,
not DAYLIGHT time, therefore the clock module computes the correct time based
on this Standard time, and since we are in daylight time, an hour is added to
this time.
 
Eric Levinson
levinson!vax.sonoma.edu
rcisnet2!root@moon.nbn.com