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Re: Bug in timezone has moved to GMT -3 to GMT -2

From: Daniel Bareiro (daniel-listasgmx.net)
Date: Mon Oct 06 2008 - 20:57:34 CDT


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On Sun 05 Oct, 2008, at 19:12:22 -0300, Stuart Henderson wrote:

>> Will we be in the presence of a generalized bug in the definition of
>> the zone?

> No, you're in the presence of a government that doesn't realise how
> much disruption they're causing by not just picking a date and
> sticking with it. Crazy.

>> Are used common definitions in all these operating systems?
>
> Yes, ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/

Ok. But really the change, that yet not official, would be the third
Sunday of October and not the first. The definitions of Elsie are
consistent with this. But for some reason, in OpenBSD and other
operating systems, the date of change went ahead.

Regards,
Daniel
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