Re: Time change this weekend

[R Bruce Hoffman <bruce.hoffman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

NTP uses UTC as the reference time, so DST changes are local clock only 
and NTP has no bearing on those DST time changes.


On 10/31/2009 02:32 PM, Justin C. Haase wrote:
> You can make the system clock "crawl" or "race" if you use NTP client and
> set NTP to have a larger "adjust time" than 60 minutes and use a time zone
> that doesn't have an automatic DST change (and ensure your time source
> changes).  By default I believe it's 20 minutes +/-, so this won't work
> without some manual intervention.  Otherwise the system just snaps to the
> new hour and continues on its way.
>
> Now on a more serious note - the people who are dead-set on using S (for
> standard time) in their times for scheduling meetings or listing times of
> events or whatever (EST, CST, MST, PST, etc...) will now actually be CORRECT
> until mid-March next year.  Then they'll look silly until November once
> again.
>
> Have a great weekend, and here's hoping your DST end is a success.
>
> jch
>
> On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 11:12 AM, Tami Deedrick
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