Difference between revisions of "North American DST Changes"
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to sync with an NTP server (NOTE: this command does NOT set up ntpd for you, it's just a one-time sync). | to sync with an NTP server (NOTE: this command does NOT set up ntpd for you, it's just a one-time sync). | ||
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| + | Here is a little script that should do the trick (works on RH5.2 up ) | ||
| + | Note not all FC distros include 'zic ' | ||
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| + | <i>newZones.sh</i> | ||
| + | <pre> | ||
| + | #!/bin/bash | ||
| + | echo "----------------------------------" | ||
| + | echo " Time Zone Update " | ||
| + | echo " >>>> CURRENT TIME <<<<" | ||
| + | date | ||
| + | echo | ||
| + | |||
| + | mkdir tzinfo | ||
| + | mkdir tzinfo/tmp | ||
| + | mkdir tzinfo/tmp/tzoneinfo | ||
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| + | cd tzinfo | ||
| + | wget ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/tzdata2007c.tar.gz | ||
| + | tar zxf tzdata2007c.tar.gz | ||
| + | zic -d tmp/zoneinfo northamerica | ||
| + | cd tmp/zoneinfo | ||
| + | cp -r * /usr/share/zoneinfo | ||
| + | cd ../../.. | ||
| + | # Update the local timezone file | ||
| + | |||
| + | mv /etc/localtime /etc/localtime.rh6.2 | ||
| + | ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/New_York /etc/localtime | ||
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| + | rm -rf tzinfo/* | ||
| + | rmdir tzinfo/ | ||
| + | |||
| + | echo | ||
| + | echo " >>>> NEW TIME <<<<" | ||
| + | date | ||
| + | echo | ||
| + | |||
| + | </pre> | ||
== User Notes == | == User Notes == | ||
Revision as of 17:07, 13 March 2007
General
As most North American users know by now, the U.S. gov't has mandated that DST changes start earlier beginning in 2007.
Being that Myth is heavily dependent on having the correct time information, having the correct time is crucial. Here is how update your time:
cd mkdir tzinfo cd tzinfo wget ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/tzdata2007c.tar.gz tar zxf tzdata2007c.tar.gz zic -d /tmp/zoneinfo northamerica cd /tmp/zoneinfo cp -r * /usr/share/zoneinfo
After performing the above commands, you should have new time zone info in /usr/share/zoneinfo. Next just run
timeconfig
to select your timezone. After setting your timezone, you may want to run
ntpdate 128.100.100.128
to sync with an NTP server (NOTE: this command does NOT set up ntpd for you, it's just a one-time sync).
Here is a little script that should do the trick (works on RH5.2 up ) Note not all FC distros include 'zic '
newZones.sh
#!/bin/bash echo "----------------------------------" echo " Time Zone Update " echo " >>>> CURRENT TIME <<<<" date echo mkdir tzinfo mkdir tzinfo/tmp mkdir tzinfo/tmp/tzoneinfo cd tzinfo wget ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/tzdata2007c.tar.gz tar zxf tzdata2007c.tar.gz zic -d tmp/zoneinfo northamerica cd tmp/zoneinfo cp -r * /usr/share/zoneinfo cd ../../.. # Update the local timezone file mv /etc/localtime /etc/localtime.rh6.2 ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/New_York /etc/localtime rm -rf tzinfo/* rmdir tzinfo/ echo echo " >>>> NEW TIME <<<<" date echo
User Notes
- This worked for User:Lynchmv on Slackware 10.2.0
- Gentoo Users
- I built my Gnetoo/Mythbox over a year ago (almost2) and forgot to update the timezone for the new US DST settings.
- All my Schedule Times were off by an hour (like the 11:00 news showed up at 10:00)....
- do the following (as root)
- emerge --sync
- emerge sys-libs/timezone-data
- emerge --sync
- Check your clock and the Listings in myth
- That's it
