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I'm using webmin on fedora. And set the time sync with a ntp pool (asia.pool.ntp.org) but in my timezone (Tehran) now daylight saving is active but it is not active in time synchronization.
I found a file in (/use/share/zoneinfo) in folder Asia that named Tehran, how can I change that to correct settings?
There is a graphical tool in Fedora that lets you define the timezone you live in. The effect of the tool is to change the file /etc/localtime to point to the appropriate file in /usr/share/zoneinfo. You can achieve the same thing by manually linking your timezone file into /etc like this:-
As you've probably worked out, these files are binary files and have been created by compiling timezone data using specific software. To be frank, I don't know how to edit the source files or what the program is that creates the binary files for distribution.
Is DST new in Tehran or has it been used for a long time? If it is new then you can probably download an update to the zoneinfo data files. If it has been used for a long time, then perhaps you should lodge a bugzilla report to Fedora about the fact.
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