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<p>The forum post <a href="http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=1007176&admit=-682735245+1170473606637+28353475">how to test Daylight Saving Time settings for 2007</a> contains a script that tests daylight saving changes without altering the system time.</p> <p>Like Y2K, the early daylight savings change this year gives management something to fuss over. I’m personally in favor of more <a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=gmtime&sektion=3"><tt>gmtime(3)</tt></a> and less <a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=localtime&sektion=3"><tt>localtime(3)</tt></a> use, as a code review at work reveals many needless <tt>localtime</tt> uses. Unfortunately these uses will require a fair amount of work to convert to <tt>gmtime</tt>, especially where the data wanders off to other groups.</p> <br /> 2007-02-02T21:41:41-0800 144