odin@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (Jon Granrose) (07/14/90)
As some of you may know, I've been working on a ftp site list for quite a while now. I have been planning to add the time zone (in GMT) for each site to the list when I got the time. Now I have the time but I can't think of an easy way to do this. Here's my question: Does anyone know of an easy (preferably interactive) way to figure out what time zone a given site is in? nslookup doesn't hack it and I can't think of any other way to do it. Jon -- _____________________________________________________________________________ |Jon Granrose |ARPA: odin@ucscb.UCSC.EDU jonathan@sco.com | // Only | |Cowell College, UCSC| odin@pilot.njin.net odin@ucscb.bitnet|\X/ Amiga!| |Santa Cruz, CA 95064|UUCP:..!ucbvax!ucscc!ucscb!odin | `-----------------------------------------------------------------------------'
merlyn@iwarp.intel.com (Randal Schwartz) (07/14/90)
In article <5133@darkstar.ucsc.edu>, odin@ucscb (Jon Granrose) writes: | Does anyone know of an easy (preferably interactive) way to figure out | what time zone a given site is in? nslookup doesn't hack it and I can't | think of any other way to do it. telnet some.site.name 13 and see what time it is. :-) -- /=Randal L. Schwartz, Stonehenge Consulting Services (503)777-0095 ==========\ | on contract to Intel's iWarp project, Beaverton, Oregon, USA, Sol III | | merlyn@iwarp.intel.com ...!any-MX-mailer-like-uunet!iwarp.intel.com!merlyn | \=Cute Quote: "Welcome to Portland, Oregon, home of the California Raisins!"=/
pushp@nic.cerf.net (Pushpendra Mohta) (07/15/90)
In article <1990Jul14.063316.4303@iwarp.intel.com> merlyn@iwarp.intel.com (Randal Schwartz) writes: >In article <5133@darkstar.ucsc.edu>, odin@ucscb (Jon Granrose) writes: >| Does anyone know of an easy (preferably interactive) way to figure out >| what time zone a given site is in? nslookup doesn't hack it and I can't >| think of any other way to do it. >telnet some.site.name 13 >and see what time it is. :-) >-- This will work on most machines, but some do maintain GMT (UTC) Most domains are geographically ( read time-zone) contiguous. A "WHOIS" record should return atleast a city name. --pushpendra
emv@math.lsa.umich.edu (Edward Vielmetti) (07/16/90)
In article <74@nic.cerf.net> pushp@nic.cerf.net (Pushpendra Mohta) writes:
Most domains are geographically ( read time-zone) contiguous.
A "WHOIS" record should return atleast a city name.
there's a file 'netcoord.txt' that tom libert (libert@merit.edu) came
up with, maps (approx) domain to location. could use that. think
it's on merit.edu or nis.nsf.net, i may have a copy on ftp.math.lsa.umich.edu
otherwise.
telnet to port 13 is what i'd do as a first pass...
--Ed
Edward Vielmetti, U of Michigan math dept <emv@math.lsa.umich.edu>
comp.archives moderatorpjg@acsu.buffalo.edu (Paul Graham) (07/16/90)
emv@math.lsa.umich.edu (Edward Vielmetti) writes: |In article <74@nic.cerf.net> pushp@nic.cerf.net (Pushpendra Mohta) writes: | Most domains are geographically ( read time-zone) contiguous. | A "WHOIS" record should return atleast a city name. |telnet to port 13 is what i'd do as a first pass... i sent mail to the original requestor suggesting that they use the smtp port since most (many, all?) bsd sendmail announce the date *and* local timezone. many (most, all?) daytime ports just return the time. while you can then determine timezone (which is what we're after here) i thought the simpler approach was better. granted using daytime makes shell script construction a bit easier.
del@thrush.mlb.semi.harris.com (Don Lewis) (07/17/90)
In article <EMV.90Jul15165230@urania.math.lsa.umich.edu> emv@math.lsa.umich.edu (Edward Vielmetti) writes: >In article <74@nic.cerf.net> pushp@nic.cerf.net (Pushpendra Mohta) writes: > > Most domains are geographically ( read time-zone) contiguous. > A "WHOIS" record should return atleast a city name. > >there's a file 'netcoord.txt' that tom libert (libert@merit.edu) came >up with, maps (approx) domain to location. could use that. think >it's on merit.edu or nis.nsf.net, i may have a copy on ftp.math.lsa.umich.edu >otherwise. Maybe there should be a new record type for latitude/longitude added to DNS. Hmn, but what happens when we set up an Internet site on space station Fred ;-) -- Don "Truck" Lewis Harris Semiconductor Internet: del@mlb.semi.harris.com PO Box 883 MS 62A-028 Phone: (407) 729-5205 Melbourne, FL 32901