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Re: "Permanent" DST
From: Owen DeLong via NANOG <nanog () nanog org>
Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2022 10:29:07 -0700
On Mar 15, 2022, at 15:05 , Jan Schaumann via NANOG <nanog () nanog org> wrote: Dave <dedelman () iname com> wrote:Folks for most systems, this is a change to a single file. Not a really hard thing to accomplishOh, hah, good one. I twitch with mild PTSD thinking about the last time there was change to DST in the US[1], and how everybody quickly found out that e.g., Java, databases, programming languages, etc. often ship their own (poorly kept up to date) zonefiles different from the OS's, and that was before un-updatedable IoT systems became ubiquitous. Change to a single file my foot.
You’re right… Two changes to a single file in most cases: 1. Set the correct new timezone (e.g. MST for California). 2. Turn off the Daylight Stupid Time flag. The previous change involved updating MANY zone files to change when DST happened. This change eliminates that complexity altogether. This is a MUCH simpler change than the previous one. Owen
Current thread:
- Re: "Permanent" DST, (continued)
- Re: "Permanent" DST hak (Mar 15)
- Re: "Permanent" DST Dave (Mar 15)
- Re: "Permanent" DST Elmar K. Bins (Mar 15)
- Re: "Permanent" DST Jay Ashworth (Mar 15)
- Re: "Permanent" DST Ishmael Rufus (Mar 15)
- Re: "Permanent" DST Fred Baker (Mar 16)
- Re: "Permanent" DST james.cutler () consultant com (Mar 15)
- Re: "Permanent" DST Jay Ashworth (Mar 15)
- Re: "Permanent" DST George Herbert (Mar 15)
- Re: "Permanent" DST Jan Schaumann via NANOG (Mar 15)
- Re: "Permanent" DST Owen DeLong via NANOG (Mar 16)
- Re: "Permanent" DST Chris Adams (Mar 16)
- Re: "Permanent" DST John Levine (Mar 16)
- Re: "Permanent" DST Owen DeLong via NANOG (Mar 17)
- Re: "Permanent" DST J. Hellenthal via NANOG (Mar 18)
- Re: "Permanent" DST Matthew Kaufman (Mar 16)
- Re: "Permanent" DST Brett Frankenberger (Mar 17)
- Re: "Permanent" DST Chris Adams (Mar 15)
- Re: "Permanent" DST Owen DeLong via NANOG (Mar 16)