From snork.ifisicacu.unam.mx!lukas Tue Apr 9 08:53:55 1996 Return-Path: <lukas@snork.ifisicacu.unam.mx> Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0u6fju-00063bC; Tue, 9 Apr 96 08:53 PDT Received: from snork.ifisicacu.unam.mx ([132.248.7.224]) by pixar.com with SMTP id AA03863 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Tue, 9 Apr 1996 08:53:52 -0700 Received: from snork.ifisicacu.unam.mx (lukas@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by snork.ifisicacu.unam.mx (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id JAA21668; Tue, 9 Apr 1996 09:52:31 -0600 Message-Id: <199604091552.JAA21668@snork.ifisicacu.unam.mx> To: debian-bugs@pixar.com Cc: lukas@teorica0.ifisicacu.unam.mx Subject: timezone Mexico/General doesn't switch to DST Date: Tue, 09 Apr 1996 10:52:29 -0500 From: Lukas Nellen <lukas@teorica0.ifisicacu.unam.mx> Package: timezone Version: 7.46-1 The rules in /usr/lib/zoneinfo/Mexico/General don't include the switch to DST which occured on Sun, April 7. A temporary fix is to use CST6CDT instead - which can give wrong results for dates before 1996. Lukas ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Lukas Nellen | Email: lukas@teorica0.ifisicacu.unam.mx Depto. de Fisica Teorica, IFUNAM | Apdo. Postal 20-364 | Tel.: +52 5 622 5014 ext. 218 01000 Mexico D.F., MEXICO | Fax: +52 5 622 5015