01-12-2007
I found it quite a bear to update Solaris for the new DST. A patch install is required, but for most of my older Solaris boxes like 8 and 9 I also had prerequisite patches that needed to be installed.
The easiest method I found was to install the Recommended patches and then the DST patch. Also, be careful to ensure that the Recommended doesn't affect you current setup. It just seems like too much work for a date correction.
On a side note, I believe that if you have Java installed on the machine that also requires an update to make it DST complaint.
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LEARN ABOUT POSIX
daylight
DAYLIGHT(3P) POSIX Programmer's Manual DAYLIGHT(3P)
PROLOG
This manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual. The Linux implementation of this interface may differ (consult the correspond-
ing Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior), or the interface may not be implemented on Linux.
NAME
daylight -- daylight savings time flag
SYNOPSIS
#include <time.h>
extern int daylight;
DESCRIPTION
Refer to tzset().
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