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Received: by minnie.vk1xwt.ampr.org with NNTP id AA5862 ; Fri, 01 Jan 93 01:58:57 EST Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!metro!news From: dawes@physics.su.OZ.AU (David Dawes) Subject: Re: [386bsd] happy new year Message-ID: <1993Jan3.034805.17535@ucc.su.OZ.AU> Keywords: clock.c patch Sender: news@ucc.su.OZ.AU Nntp-Posting-Host: physics.su.oz.au Organization: School of Physics, University of Sydney, Australia References: <fXrM6yq@quack.sac.ca.us> Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1993 03:48:05 GMT Lines: 30 In article <fXrM6yq@quack.sac.ca.us> dfox@quack.sac.ca.us (David Fox) writes: >Hi. > >I've tried both Andrew Chernov's and Bruce Evans' patches for the >'happy new year' problem where the date was repeated - i.e., on >Jan 1 93, 386bsd reports the date as 12/31/92. > >I don't experience the problem as such. On my 386bsd, I get two >Jan 1 dates - on Jan 2 (today), 386bsd reports the date as Jan 1. > >Bruce says it might be because of timezone differences, nevertheless, >I've tried both patches, and neither works for me. With the patch >installed (doesn't matter which one), the date returned is 'Mon Jan 6'; >clearly incorrect. I assume the year is showing up as 1992 (6 Jan 1992 was a Monday). The patch works for me, but both Andrew, Bruce (and I) are east of GMT/UTC while you are west (so the TZ sign will be different). Anyone else tried these patches? The results from someone at GMT might be interesting. David -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ David Dawes <dawes@physics.su.oz.au> DoD#210 | Phone: +61 2 692 2639 School of Physics, University of Sydney, Australia | Fax: +61 2 660 2903 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I was so satisfied, deep down inside, like a hand in a velvet glove -- AC/DC ------------------------------------------------------------------------------