Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!news.glorb.com!peer03.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!Xl.tags.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.posted.gcicommunications!news.posted.gcicommunications.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2014 15:55:35 -0500 Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.os.linux.slackware,alt.os.linux.debian Subject: Re: what VESA/vga *AM* I useing? References: <87tx2u0zit.fld@barrow.com> <87lho51tag.fld@barrow.com> <87y4s5edzg.fsf@thumper.dhh.gt.org> <87h9yt1l0x.fld@barrow.com> <87ppdhe6od.fsf@thumper.dhh.gt.org> <87d29h1ik7.fld@barrow.com> <87lho5e51q.fsf@thumper.dhh.gt.org> <878uk51ghf.fld@barrow.com> <87h9yte0qe.fsf@thumper.dhh.gt.org> From: floyd@apaflo.com (Floyd L. Davidson) Organization: __________ Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2014 12:55:33 -0800 Message-ID: <87r3xxyypm.fld@barrow.com> User-Agent: gnus 5.10.6/XEmacs 21.4.15/Linux 2.6.19 Cancel-Lock: sha1:XsOMa+YGW2WxLu8/52FOHMU717g= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Lines: 31 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.237.125.254 X-Trace: sv3-ECPFzV8dVFqAf4TAq4oSd9ZxCotOg27eGbmoHppaEW+jWdtaAgUuYChSsPAqCXgQV+YlGaSgSZ8VZu/!4Pb42cNSnysjt1mABSE9opU7t3DzHFd+VZUBPZh+YOARKtF74wDfJN/DV6B0CeoOlOKtd7Ag X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 X-Original-Bytes: 2583 X-Received-Bytes: 2695 X-Received-Body-CRC: 1583835424 Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:12460 John Hasler wrote: >Floyd L. Davidson writes: >> If they don't "switch" then you wake up in the morning and the all >> your neighbors have switched, and you aren't on the same time they >> are. > >Nothing switches. The system clock stays in UTC. The BIOS clock stays >in UTC. Consequently when I boot up from power off the system clock is >always set correctly. The output of the date command is changed. Call it whatever you wish, but something is switched. >> Run the date command, and you'll see that in fact is *has* switched. >> In my case one day it says AKDT and the next it says AKST. Or the >> other way around. > >Nothing has switched. When I run date the relevant library call looks >at my environment and converts from UTC after consulting the appropriate >table: > >thumper/~ 19 date >Fri Oct 24 14:02:19 CDT 2014 >thumper/~ 19 TZ=America/Anchorage date >Fri Oct 24 11:07:10 AKDT 2014 So something does get switched! -- Floyd L. Davidson http://www.apaflo.com/ Ukpeagvik (Barrow, Alaska) floyd@apaflo.com