From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/84451 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: asjo@koldfront.dk (Adam =?utf-8?Q?Sj=C3=B8gren?=) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: format-time-string (was Re: time format on message citation line) Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2014 23:22:47 +0200 Organization: koldfront - analysis & revolution, Copenhagen, Denmark Message-ID: <87zjjhm2u0.fsf@topper.koldfront.dk> References: <87a9c4cre4.fsf@gmail.com> <87ioqq3bac.fsf@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1397942665 11806 80.91.229.3 (19 Apr 2014 21:24:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2014 21:24:25 +0000 (UTC) To: ding@gnus.org Original-X-From: ding-owner+M32697@lists.math.uh.edu Sat Apr 19 23:24:18 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: ding-account@gmane.org Original-Received: from util0.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.18]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1WbckD-0007tD-Fe for ding-account@gmane.org; Sat, 19 Apr 2014 23:24:17 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.math.uh.edu) by util0.math.uh.edu with smtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1Wbcj5-0007pT-3P; Sat, 19 Apr 2014 16:23:07 -0500 Original-Received: from mx2.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.33]) by util0.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1Wbcj1-0007pF-Uy for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Sat, 19 Apr 2014 16:23:03 -0500 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.231.51]) by mx2.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1Wbciz-0007Cs-Vf for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Sat, 19 Apr 2014 16:23:03 -0500 Original-Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Wbcix-0008A1-VU for ding@gnus.org; Sat, 19 Apr 2014 23:22:59 +0200 Original-Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Wbcix-0006EM-CE for ding@gnus.org; Sat, 19 Apr 2014 23:22:59 +0200 Original-Received: from 2505ds5-by.0.fullrate.dk ([89.150.142.116]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 19 Apr 2014 23:22:59 +0200 Original-Received: from asjo by 2505ds5-by.0.fullrate.dk with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 19 Apr 2014 23:22:59 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 34 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 2505ds5-by.0.fullrate.dk OpenPGP: id=49D0746121BDE416; url=http://asjo.koldfront.dk/gpg.asc Mail-Follow-Up-To: never X-Now-Playing: SciA: 10 Apr 14: Japanese Whaling Ban; RoboClam; Africa Engineering Prize; Brain Research Centre, Science in Action (BBC World Service) X-Face: )qY&CseJ?.:=8F#^~GcSA?F=9eu'{KAFfL1C3/A&:nE?PW\i65"ba0NS)97,Q(^@xk}n4Ou rPuR#V8I(J_@~H($[ym:`K_+]*kjvW>xH5jbgLBVFGXY:(#4P>zVBklLbdL&XxL\M)%T}3S/IS9lMJ ^St'=VZBR Precedence: bulk Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:84451 Archived-At: Katsumi Yamaoka writes: > But I have a question about the summer time (daylight saving time). > Is a computer clock adjusted automatically when the summer time > starts and ends? Yes, and the timezone. So localtime will be 1:59:59 CET and then 3:00:00 CEST, when the change to "summertime" happens where I live. (Debian allows you to choose whether to keep the computers "hardware" clock in UTC (makes sense) or localtime (for interoperability with other operating systems/dual booting).) > If so, does the return value of (current-time-zone) switch when the > day comes? I think it does, yes - currently it returns (7200 "CEST") on my machine. > Otherwise, do people who live in such region have to alter the TZ > environment variable manually (twice in a year)? Nope, it happens automatically (Debian GNU/Linux here). I take it Japan does not participate in the Daylight Savings Time sillyness? Best regards, Adam -- "we have stairs in our house." Adam Sjøgren asjo@koldfront.dk