Subject: Re: misc/35973: Time zone information for Canada/Mountain doesn't reflect new DST changes
To: None <gnats-bugs@NetBSD.org, misc-bug-people@NetBSD.org,>
From: John Nemeth <jnemeth@victoria.tc.ca>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 03/12/2007 05:00:56
On Jun 27,  3:37am, jmiller@myipplus.net wrote:
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} >Number:         35973
} >Category:       misc
} >Synopsis:       Time zone information for Canada/Mountain doesn't reflect new DST changes
} >Environment:
} NetBSD lust.misaligned.org 3.1.0_PATCH NetBSD 3.1.0_PATCH (LUST) #0: Tue Feb 13 22:33:31 MST 2007  src@lust.misaligned.org:/usr/home/src/cvs/netbsd/netbsd-3-1/obj/sys/arch/i386/compile/LUST i386
} >Description:
} My systems running under Canada/Mountain failed to reflect the correct localtime on March 11, 2007.
} 
} NOTE: I'm not sure if everyone under the Canada/Mountain zone is affected by the new DST changes.

     I believe they are.  It appears that pretty much all of Canada has
adopted the change with the exception of Saskatchewan (CST) which
doesn't have DST.

} >How-To-Repeat:
} 
} >Fix:

     A quick fix is to do:

mkdir -p /usr/src/share/zoneinfo
cd /usr/src/share/zoneinfo
ftp ftp.netbsd.org
  cd /pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-current/src/share/zoneinfo
  prompt
  mget *
  quit
make install
shutdown -r now

}-- End of excerpt from jmiller@myipplus.net