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Re: date reports wrong date/time with DST 2007 on windows 2003 in timezone


On 9/4/07, Larry Hall (Cygwin) <reply-to-list-only-lh@cygwin.com> wrote:
> lei chao wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I just installed cygwin 1.5.24-2 on windows 2003.   To test some
> > timezone issue,  I set  system time to Nov 2,  2007.    Then if I set
> > TZ to PST8PDT,  date command reports one hour behind the correct time.
> >   but if I unset TZ,  date works well.   And it looks like date can
> > work with PST8PDT correctly in 2006 instead of 2007.
>
> <snip>
>
> Try setting the date to 11/21 and try again.  IIRC, DST extends an extra
> 3 weeks this year in the US.  Don't know why it would "work" without TZ
> set though.  Sounds like a Windows problem.  Is your system up-to-date
> with patches.
Nov 2 is chosen on purpose because it's still Daylight Saving time in
2007.  11/21 is not DST.  it's not a windows problem as windows
reports the date/time correctly. And if I unset TZ,   date command of
cygwin also reports data/time correctly.   Only when I set TZ=PST8PDT,
  it reports incorrectly.

- Mike


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