From: "taharka" <res00vl8@xxxxxxxxxx> > >This does not need fixing. When/if the date/time of the change between > >standard and daylight times changes, your timezone file (New York | Los > >Angeles | whatever) gets replaced/updated and it automagically happens > >at the proper time. > > > >That file as you both have listed tells the system when to switch times. > >There are many of those files on your system, one for each official time > >zone area around the world. > > > > > > > My file reads, "/usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Kentucky". Now, there are > two selections in that directory, Louisville & Monticello. I have > selected Louisville for my time zone. Suppose I wanted to make a copy of > the Louisville file, modify it to suite my taste (bear in mind, the > previous poster pointed out, the file "seems to be some compressed > format") & save the file as Lexington (which is where I am actually > located) in the /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Kentucky directory. How do I > modify the compressed file? Or, do simply copy the Louisville file & > rename it to Lexington? [root@grandpoobah /etc/mail/spamassassin]# rpm -qif /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Los_Angeles Name : tzdata Relocations: (not relocatable) Version : 2005i Vendor: Red Hat, Inc. Release : 2 Build Date: Sat 30 Apr 2005 12:53:10 AM PDT Install Date: Mon 27 Jun 2005 01:11:29 AM PDT Build Host: decompose.build.redhat.com Group : System Environment/Base Source RPM: tzdata-2005i-2.src.rpm Size : 650572 License: GPL Signature : DSA/SHA1, Fri 20 May 2005 11:53:26 AM PDT, Key ID b44269d04f2a6fd2 Packager : Red Hat, Inc. <http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla> Summary : Timezone data Description : This package contains data files with rules for various timezones around the world. So get the archive, expand the source, RTFM, and fix it. {^_^}
