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05-14-2005

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Timestamp - confusion with daylight saving time

Hello!
I'm currently working on a climatological dataset that uses unix-timestamp and a real date like 28/03/2004 02:45:00 h. in spring the unix-timestamp follows its continuos mode but in the column of the real date the time jumps one hour forward (e.g. from 1:59:59 to 3:00:00). i think this is ok if the real time would show central european daylight saving time.
BUT:
in autumn the unix-timestamp follows further its continuous mode and the real time as well: i.e. that the time does not step back again one hour.
in the next spring the real time jumps again one hour forward.
Wouldn't this mean that my data loses every year one hour in spring?
Has anyone an excel-tool that enables me to verify the to different datasets while beeing sure that the real time does not change when daylight saving time is usually applied?

thanks in advance

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CONJUNCT(1)						      General Commands Manual						       CONJUNCT(1)

NAME

       conjunct - find dates of equinox or new or full moon

SYNOPSIS

       conjunct [options]

DESCRIPTION

       conjunct  searches  for	one of these events: spring equinox (default), summer solstice, autumn equinox, winter solstice, new moon, or full
       moon.

OPTIONS

       -s, --start date
	      Set starting date (default is current date).  The date may be either a Julian day number (e.g. 2454180.0 for noon, 2007 March 20) or
	      an ISO 8601 date (e.g. 2007-03-20).

       -e, --end date
	      Set ending date (default is one year from now).

       -V, --vernal, --spring
	      Search for spring equinox (default).

       -S, --summer
	      Search for summer solstice.

       -A, --autumn, --fall
	      Search for autumn equinox.

       -W, --winter
	      Search for winter solstice.

       -N, --newmoon
	      Search for new moon.

       -F, --fullmoon
	      Search for full moon.

       -h, --help
	      Show summary of options.

SEE ALSO

       aa(1).

AUTHOR

       conjunct was written by Stephen L. Moshier <steve@moshier.net>.

       This manual page was written by James R. Van Zandt <jrv@debian.org>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others).

								  August 24, 2006						       CONJUNCT(1)