John Hesch

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Archive for March, 2007

03-6-07

Prepare Linux For DST

Posted by John

If you're running a Linux server you better check to make sure you are ready for DST which comes early this year.

From the command line

zdump -v /etc/localtime MST7MDT | grep 2007

If you are in another time zone you will use one of the following.

zdump -v /etc/localtime EST5EDT | grep 2007

zdump -v /etc/localtime CST6CDT | grep 2007

zdump -v /etc/localtime PST8PDT | grep 2007

You should see

CODE:
  1. /etc/localtime  Sun Mar 11 01:59:59 2007 MST

That's the date and time DST begins. If you see Sun April 1 you will need to update your system. Check here for information on how to manually update your system.

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