On Mon, 13 Aug 2018 17:54:46 +0530 Akshat Kakkar <akshat.1984@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Kernel doesn't know when DST transitions occur though. > > Its an utter mess and usually needs shell/cron scripts to catch this. > > So, when these transactions will occur... then cron script can be > used, else let it continue as it is. > i.e. by default -m time can be used. If there are issues with it (on > case to case basis like DST, which is once in 4 months!), shift to > cron ... but only if needed! There are also many territories which do not observe DST (at all, or anymore). In fact it seems that a great majority of the world's population doesn't; No DST in China, India, Indonesia, Pakistan, Nigeria, Bangladesh, Russia, Japan, which are 8 out of top 10 most populous countries [1] [1] https://www.census.gov/popclock/print.php?component=counter -- With respect, Roman
