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- From: dawes@physics.su.OZ.AU (David Dawes)
- Subject: Re: [386bsd] happy new year
- Message-ID: <1993Jan3.034805.17535@ucc.su.OZ.AU>
- Keywords: clock.c patch
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- Organization: School of Physics, University of Sydney, Australia
- References: <fXrM6yq@quack.sac.ca.us>
- Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1993 03:48:05 GMT
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- In article <fXrM6yq@quack.sac.ca.us> dfox@quack.sac.ca.us (David Fox) writes:
- >Hi.
- >
- >I've tried both Andrew Chernov's and Bruce Evans' patches for the
- >'happy new year' problem where the date was repeated - i.e., on
- >Jan 1 93, 386bsd reports the date as 12/31/92.
- >
- >I don't experience the problem as such. On my 386bsd, I get two
- >Jan 1 dates - on Jan 2 (today), 386bsd reports the date as Jan 1.
- >
- >Bruce says it might be because of timezone differences, nevertheless,
- >I've tried both patches, and neither works for me. With the patch
- >installed (doesn't matter which one), the date returned is 'Mon Jan 6';
- >clearly incorrect.
-
- I assume the year is showing up as 1992 (6 Jan 1992 was a Monday).
-
- The patch works for me, but both Andrew, Bruce (and I) are east of GMT/UTC
- while you are west (so the TZ sign will be different). Anyone else
- tried these patches? The results from someone at GMT might be
- interesting.
-
- David
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