From 55d9335218fbbc6e6dc1bdd050fe7b483076acb9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Arthur David Olson Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 09:15:03 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] modified notes SCCS-file: zic.8 SCCS-SID: 7.24 --- zic.8 | 14 +++----------- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/zic.8 b/zic.8 index 4fbd9ca..d28d861 100644 --- a/zic.8 +++ b/zic.8 @@ -426,17 +426,9 @@ a clock retreat caused by a change in UTC offset, .IR zic produces a single transition to daylight saving at the new UTC offset (without any change in wall clock time). -If you want two separate transitions -(for example, -a one-hour retreat from -U. S. Eastern Standard Time -to -U. S. Central Standard Time -followed one hour later by a one-hour advance to -U. S. Central Daylight Time), -you can artificially -(and slightly inaccurately) -specify the UTC offset change as occuring a single second too early. +To get separate transitions +use multiple zone continuation lines +specifying transition instants using universal time. .SH FILE /usr/local/etc/zoneinfo standard directory used for created files .SH "SEE ALSO"