On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 4:16 AM, Geert Hendrickx <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 23:27:50 -0400, Jonathan wrote: > > You can check the current DST dates with "zgrep -v /etc/localtime | grep > > 2011" Once you get the updated package you can copy the new zoneinfo file > > from /usr/share/zoneinfo to /etc/localtime. > > > > You want "zdump -v /etc/localtime | grep 2011" (not zgrep). > > Also you better symlink your /usr/share/zoneinfo timezone to /etc/localtime > (instead of copy), so you'll get future updates automatically. > > > Geert > > > -- > geert.hendrickx.be :: geert@xxxxxxxxxxxx :: PGP: 0xC4BB9E9F > This e-mail was composed using 100% recycled spam messages! Thank you, zdump is what I intended to write. Arch initscripts will replace /etc/localtime on every boot so a symlink will not remain. http://projects.archlinux.org/initscripts.git/tree/rc.sysinit#n224 john_f
