DST patch not reporting correct time Solaris 8
I installed the DST patch just released 109809-06, and it's various dependency patches. When I reboot and run zdump, I still get the April and October dates for DST in 2007.
I would have expected to see the March and November dates as I do on my HPUX machines and Linux boxes.
I have moved aside the zoneinfo directory and re-installed the patch. The zoneinfo re-creates itself, but I still get the old dates with:
# zdump -v EST5EDT | grep 2007
Unfortuneately this machine has the Dec 2004 Solaris 8 image and has never undergone any patching updates before I got hold of it.
Any suggestions on why the machine still see the old DST dates?
[678 byte] By [
poleary1a] at [2007-11-26 18:29:17]

# 1
Hrm, quick update, if I manual change TZ to Canada/Eastern, the zdump returns the correct dates for DST. I am wondering if EST5EDT is the correct TZ for my machine.
# 2
My patched Solaris 9 (nine) shows the updated dates:
zdump -v EST5EDT | grep 2007
EST5EDT Wed Feb 14 20:44:30 2007 UTC = Wed Feb 14 15:44:30 2007 EST isdst=0
EST5EDT Sun Mar 11 06:59:59 2007 UTC = Sun Mar 11 01:59:59 2007 EST isdst=0
EST5EDT Sun Mar 11 07:00:00 2007 UTC = Sun Mar 11 03:00:00 2007 EDT isdst=1
EST5EDT Sun Nov 4 05:59:59 2007 UTC = Sun Nov 4 01:59:59 2007 EDT isdst=1
EST5EDT Sun Nov 4 06:00:00 2007 UTC = Sun Nov 4 01:00:00 2007 EST isdst=0
I'm in central and:
echo $TZ
US/Central