Cisco DNCS System Release 2.7 3.7 4.2
Does Your Version of Solaris Require a Patch?
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Does Your Version of Solaris Require a Patch?
Before you begin the procedures in this document, you need to verify that your
version of Solaris is set up correctly for DST. The following procedure checks the
dates and times associated with the Daylight Saving and Standard times for your
time zone.
Note: UTC time in the following procedure refers to Universal Time Coordinated,
Note: UTC time in the following procedure refers to Universal Time Coordinated,
also known as Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Checking Your Version of Solaris
1 Open an xterm window on the DNCS.
2 Type the following and press Enter:
2 Type the following and press Enter:
zdump -v [country/time zone] | grep [year]
Example: To check the DNCS for the Eastern time zone in the US for 2008, you
Example: To check the DNCS for the Eastern time zone in the US for 2008, you
would type the following and press Enter:
zdump -v US/Eastern | grep 2008
Result: Solaris displays a list of dates and times that correspond to the current
zdump -v US/Eastern | grep 2008
Result: Solaris displays a list of dates and times that correspond to the current
date and time, and the dates and times of the time changes in both UTC
(Universal Time Coordinated, also known as Greenwich Mean Time [GMT]) time
and local time, in the following order:
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Current date and time (UTC, local)
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Last date and time of the standard time for the time zone (UTC, local)
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Date and time of the change from standard time to daylight saving time for
the time zone (UTC, local)
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Last date and time of the daylight saving time for the time zone (UTC, local)
-
Date and time of the change from daylight saving time to standard time for
the time zone (UTC, local)
Example:
oliveoil:/export/home/dncs$ zdump -v US/Eastern | grep 2008
US/Eastern Tue Aug 5 15:34:30 2008 UTC = Tue Aug 5 11:34:30 2008 EDT isdst=1
US/Eastern Sun Mar 9 06:59:59 2008 UTC = Sun Mar 9 01:59:59 2008 EST isdst=0
US/Eastern Sun Mar 9 07:00:00 2008 UTC = Sun Mar 9 03:00:00 2008 EDT isdst=1
US/Eastern Sun Nov 2 05:59:59 2008 UTC = Sun Nov 2 01:59:59 2008 EDT isdst=1
US/Eastern Sun Nov 2 06:00:00 2008 UTC = Sun Nov 2 01:00:00 2008 EST isdst=0
oliveoil:/export/home/dncs$