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Linux Systems and the New DST

Posted by kdawson on from the spring-forward-fall-flat dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The recent changes in the Daylight Saving Time will affect virtually all computer systems in the US one week from now. Microsoft has been busy preparing Windows users for 'Y2DST,' and all the major Linux distributions have also issued patches. How can you be sure your Linux systems are ready, and what can you do to get them ready if they're not? This how-to article at Linux-Watch answers both questions in simple language and with easy-to-follow instructions."

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  1. Root Cause by overshoot · · Score: 5, Insightful
    Or, of course, you could have dealt with the root cause of the problem: the biannual insanity of running around changing otherwise perfectly good clocks.

    How many of you, after all, have told your State legislatures that this is stupid and it's time to opt out?

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    1. Re:Root Cause by Rob+the+Bold · · Score: 4, Insightful

      How many of you, after all, have told your State legislatures that this is stupid and it's time to opt out?

      I like DST. I know how to set what clocks I have that still need to be changed. I enjoy the extra light at the end of the day. I am aware that I could just get up an hour early and try to convince everyone else that I have to deal with to do the same, but DST accomplishes that. Also, I live in a city that spans state lines, so having one state opt out would be a real hassle.

      I would much rather lobby my legislature to allow wine to be shipped directly to my door. For crying out loud, I can get ammo delivered (and left on the doorstep) without even a signature, why can't I buy wine directly.

      So, for all of those who dislike DST, try this: Just get up an hour later.

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  2. Re:Win vs Lin by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful
    If you're competent in your Windows adminstration, then there isn't any danger of your entire system breaking.


    Exactly. All the competent Windows admins have already switched to Linux.

  3. Re:Win vs Lin by fbjon · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Don't tell me you're timestamping with local time? Always use UTC and convert to local time on the fly, it avoids all these problems.

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  4. A problem with DST in general by Bigmilt8 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Actually this isn't a problem with any OS or the computer industry. It is a problem with Daylight Savings Time. Man has been telling time for centuries and it wasn't until the DST mess that we started having issues. This is on the same lines as the US not using the metric system.

  5. I'm worried... by FuzzyDaddy · · Score: 3, Insightful
    I have an international flight on Monday the 12th.

    I'm coming four hours early.

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  6. Recent? It was two years ago... by binaryspiral · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It was two years ago that this was signed into affect... this shouldn't be the rush that Microsoft, Cisco, and all the rest are making it. Slackers wasted one and a half years doing almost nothing... and now we get this.