From: "taharka" <res00vl8(a)alltel.net>
>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.
{^_^}