Subject: bin/12463: at(1) not helpful w.r.t. daylight saving
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org>
From: Chris Pinnock <cjep@solace0.demon.co.uk>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 03/24/2001 13:48:25
>Number:         12463
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       "at 1am" in Europe/London returns garbled time which isn't helpful
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    bin-bug-people
>State:          open
>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Sat Mar 24 05:49:00 PST 2001
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Chris Pinnock
>Release:        NetBSD-1.5 branch and -current
>Organization:
		fawlty.net
>Environment:
System: NetBSD roystonvasey.local 1.5 NetBSD 1.5 (GATE) #1: Tue Feb 6 23:55:09 GMT 2001 root@roystonvasey.local:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GATE i386

>Description:
	Tomorrow the clocks go forward in the UK. Today:

	roystonvasey% at 1am
	at: garbled time

	This error is caused in the "adjust for daylight savings time"
	section at the end of usr.bin/at/parsetime.c
	
	It isn't a helpful message (especially if, like me, one 
	have forgotten that the clocks go forward... *duh* :)

>How-To-Repeat:
	See above
>Fix:
	Exit with panic("Time not valid due to daylight savings");
	or something like that.
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: