k2@charly.bl.physik.tu-muenchen.de (Klaus Steinberger) (09/26/89)
We use the setclock programm from PC/TCP (FTP Inc.) to set the clock of our PC's to the date/time of our ntp server. The problem we have is that setclock has not the correct algolrithm for daylight saving in central europe. We here in Germany (and all other in central europe) change the daylight saving at the last sunday in march and the last sunday in september. Because setclock doesn't know about this, we must change the tzname in the configuration at every daylight change. This is very frustrating if you have many pc's! Any suggestions how we can patch it? We run FTP's Version 2.03. With regards, Klaus Steinberger Klaus Steinberger Beschleunigerlabor der TU und LMU Muenchen Phone: (+49 89)3209 4287 Hochschulgelaende, D-8046 Garching, West Germany BITNET: K2@DGABLG5P DFN: k2@t30.physik.tu-muenchen.dbp.de Bayerisches Hochschulnetz: k2@charly.bl.physik.tu-muenchen.de
jbvb@VAX.FTP.COM (James Van Bokkelen) (09/26/89)
The issue of understanding all the world's timezones is pretty complicated. As it is, we have had to change code in the program recently to deal with the US's own changes to the daylight savings time law, and I'm not sure how well we'd do tracking changes elsewhere. Do you think the problem is straightforward enough that we can solve it for you without annoying others? If so, send me mail describing what you want done (if it's timezone-name specific, it would be really good if all of Europe used the same abbreviation for that timezone) and I'll see what I can do. James B. VanBokkelen 26 Princess St., Wakefield, MA 01880 FTP Software Inc. voice: (617) 246-0900 fax: (617) 246-0901