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From: gwyn@smoke.brl.mil (Doug Gwyn)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: The switch to daylight savings time
Message-ID: <15923@smoke.brl.mil>
Date: 20 Apr 91 23:54:31 GMT
References: <1991Apr10.114836.10816@convex.com> <15842@smoke.brl.mil> <1991Apr17.151824.8236@robobar.co.uk>
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In article <1991Apr17.151824.8236@robobar.co.uk> ronald@robobar.co.uk (Ronald S H Khoo) writes:
>What do you recommend regarding things like cron?

I would want "cron", which typically runs for a LONG time, to apply the
proper conversion rules to map the kernel's internal time (which is
timezone-independent) to local time, to which the crontab refers.  The
mapping rules in general call for allowance for extra hours during DST,
etc.  These are part of the rules and should be applied.