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

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Mon, Feb 12, 2007 at 12:05:16PM -0500, Kevin Cozens wrote:
> I had read something in the newspaper that a change to when the clocks 
> change was being considered. I didn't realize a change to the times had 
> been adopted.
> 
> My Linux box is up to date based on the output from the command you listed. 
> I've updated the changeover points in my PDA. The only thing left to do is 
> to figure out how to update the information in the old version of Windows 
> on my machine (which is no longer supported by MS).
> 
> I won't be surprised to find that some of the VCRs in the house will change 
> at the wrong time of year.

I would be surprised if any of them did do it correctly.  Y2K was a
coding error.  This is a political error it seems.  All the code that
was correct last year is now incorrect.  Maybe the Saskatchewan farmers
were right.  Daylights savings time is a stupid idea.

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Len Sorensen
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