[mythtvnz] DST fix for NZ in distros

Steven Ellis mythtvnz@lists.linuxnut.co.nz
Fri, 01 Jun 2007 12:00:42 +1200


Nick Rout wrote:
> On Fri, June 1, 2007 11:12 am, Steven Ellis wrote:
>   
>> Anyone noticed if the various distros have patched DST for the new NZ
>> Daylight Savings Times?
>>
>> I know the change is in the main DST database, but I haven't seen any
>> distro announcements about it.
>>     
>
> Sorry I cannot answer your question, but I do know that timezone info is
> part of glibc, so it is never a straightforward upgrade!
>
> I saw a patch posted on (I think) NZLUG mailing list a while ago.
>
>
>   
Modern distros have it in the tzdata package.

Steve

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