US timezone changes Mar 2007

hcclnoodles · 03-01-2007, 03:45 AM

Hi

As per Suns guide, I have installed the 2 patches that are required to prepare for the US DST change. The first patch updates the zoneinfo database in /usr/share/lib/zoneinfo and I can test that the patch has worked by running the following command

zdump –v US/Eastern | grep 2007

The second patch is a patch that makes changes to the libc library for POSIX based timezone stuff. Which I have applied and rebooted

My question , How do I test that the libc/POSIX patch has worked???? …. What command can I use to see if the date has changed ? As I say testing the zoneinfo patch is easy…but this one has me stumped

Any help would be greatly appreciated

Cheers
Gary

jlliagre · 03-01-2007, 07:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hcclnoodles

The second patch is a patch that makes changes to the libc library for POSIX based timezone stuff. Which I have applied and rebooted

My question , How do I test that the libc/POSIX patch has worked????

You can wait for the next DST change to happen and see if it is applied to your machine.

mdhmi · 03-03-2007, 12:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hcclnoodles

What command can I use to see if the date has changed?

Code:

$ date

If you've applied the DST patches per the Sun guide and have rebooted the box I wouldn't worry.