On Thu, 15 Mar 2007, Ian Eiloart wrote:
> --On 15 March 2007 00:43:59 +0100 Magnus Holmgren <holmgren@???>
> wrote:
>
> > On Wednesday 14 March 2007 20:23, Jason Gaffney wrote:
> >> Sorry if this is trivial, but I have an server running exim 3.34 and all
> >> outbound mail apears to be recieved and hour before it's was sent since
> >> the timezone change.
> >
> > Appears where? What timezone change? Can you show some mail headers?
>
> Timezone change? Presumably he means the US daylight savings changes. My
> guess is that Exim (any version) gets its time from the operating system,
> so it's the operating system that needs attention.
I didn't see where the original poster was from, but the rules for DST
changes in the USA changed, and some operating systems needed updates to
ensure they handled it properly. See here for some on the fallout:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/03/12/y2k7_bug/
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/03/13/y2k7_bug_feedback/
Roll on 2038.
Jethro.
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Jethro R Binks
Computing Officer, IT Services
University Of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK
