 | View Full Version : Automatic daylight savings time switch on Linux? pmak0 10-30-2002, 04:34 PM How do I get Linux to automatically switch the time in accordance with daylight savings? Does it have to do with where /etc/localtime is linked? I want it to match the time in Washington D.C. (Eastern). RutRow 10-30-2002, 05:45 PM Originally posted by pmak0 How do I get Linux to automatically switch the time in accordance with daylight savings? I use ntpd sync'd to tick.usno.navy.mil. Ntpd will slowly change the time faster or slower depending on the time change. pmak0 10-30-2002, 05:47 PM > Ntpd will slowly change the time faster or slower > depending on the time change. Do you mean it's bad, from a server's point of view, for the time to suddenly jump by one hour? Acronym BOY 10-30-2002, 06:15 PM Originally posted by pmak0 Do you mean it's bad, from a server's point of view, for the time to suddenly jump by one hour? Well if you have something like HotSanic that updates the graph once every 5 minutes, or so, yes, its bad. Anything else that is run on a frequent basis that uses time will not like you much if the clock changes suddenly. DST sucks anyhow. |