Is your zoneinfo updated for "new and improved" DST?

[Evan Leibovitch]

Walter Dnes wrote:
>   It'll be here in a month.  Here's how to check, assuming that you're
> on "Canada/Eastern" time.  Note the changeovers on Mar 11 and Nov 4.
>
> [m3000][~] /usr/sbin/zdump -v /usr/share/zoneinfo/Canada/Eastern | grep 2007
> /usr/share/zoneinfo/Canada/Eastern  Sun Mar 11 06:59:59 2007 UTC = Sun Mar 11 01:59:59 2007 EST isdst=0
> /usr/share/zoneinfo/Canada/Eastern  Sun Mar 11 07:00:00 2007 UTC = Sun Mar 11 03:00:00 2007 EDT isdst=1
> /usr/share/zoneinfo/Canada/Eastern  Sun Nov  4 05:59:59 2007 UTC = Sun Nov  4 01:59:59 2007 EDT isdst=1
> /usr/share/zoneinfo/Canada/Eastern  Sun Nov  4 06:00:00 2007 UTC = Sun Nov  4 01:00:00 2007 EST isdst=0
>
>   
I just noticed that my Kubuntu system also has 
/usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Toronto -- same contents, different files. I 
have no idea if this is standard, or why it's not using links rather 
than separate files.

- Evan

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