[mythtvnz] Listings 1hour out of whack

[Steven Ellis]

Stephen Worthington wrote:
> On Sat, 6 Oct 2007 12:33:58 +1300, you wrote:
>
>   
>> The mythtv machine is running ubuntu Feisty, and as mentioned in other posts
>> (I also found some posts online) php has updated timezone information,
>> however it hasn't been released as a package for ubuntu.. I found the source
>> for the updates but havent had a chance to apply them.. And now that its
>> Saturday im assuming all my problems will disappear tonight anyway.. 
>>
>> Ill just hope they do release an updated php package by the end of the
>> daylight savings time.. 
>>
>> Thanks everyone for your help.. Im totally amazed at how many hassles ive
>> had due to daylight savings changes.. Most peoples PC's were patched,
>> however next to no-ones phones, pda's, various software packages etc all had
>> problems..  
>>
>> Next time they change daylight savings time I say we all just agree to start
>> work an hour earlier etc.. Why do we feel the need to change the numbers we
>> refer to on watches etc.. They are an arbitrary measurement of time
>> passed...  
>>
>> Kyle Carter
>>     
>
> I do not see why we have to install patches to change daylight saving.
> It should be like it was on my Cisco router - just a change to the
> daylight saving setting, a simple adjustment of the numbers.  Sure,
> the Windows users probably need Microsoft to hand feed them a patch,
> but even there, there should be the option to just change some
> settings.  And surely in the Linux world, having to download a patch
> is a bit extreme.  I was very surprised to find that there was not a
> simple setting in etc to change.
>
>   
The daylight savings windows for most Countries until recently have been
very well defined. Hence Linux has always dealt with them automatically.
The recent push for longer daylight savings has complicated this,
requiring numerous updates. Hopefully things will calm down again soon.

Sadly what should be easy has been further complicated by tools that
don't use the system timezone information. For example both Java and
PHP5 have their own information.

Just be thankful that for the moment it is all over for NZ. Australia
have decided to change theirs again in April. Plus Brazil recently only
provided IT companies with 5 working days notice to make the change.

Steve

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