On Wed, Mar 07, 2007 at 11:48:05AM -0500, Jason Beaudoin wrote:

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> The timezone data is simply a set of dates and times to tell the system when

> to switch to/from DST. So without the patch, the system will not make any

> changes. Ntpd won't change this, as the DST change occurs on the next level.

> (i.e. ntp sets the system time, the system will then change that time based

> on the DST settings)

>

> please correct me if I am wrong..

The kernel and ntpd only deal with UTC time.  The zoneinfo files deal

with conversion from UTC to local time (including DST).