Solaris 8 DST Patching
From Brandonhutchinson.com
Two of our Solaris 8 systems were missed during DST patching in 2007.
$ zdump -v US/Central | grep 2008 US/Central Wed Mar 26 15:34:01 2008 UTC = Wed Mar 26 09:34:01 2008 CST isdst=0 US/Central Sun Apr 6 07:59:59 2008 UTC = Sun Apr 6 01:59:59 2008 CST isdst=0 US/Central Sun Apr 6 08:00:00 2008 UTC = Sun Apr 6 03:00:00 2008 CDT isdst=1 US/Central Sun Oct 26 06:59:59 2008 UTC = Sun Oct 26 01:59:59 2008 CDT isdst=1 US/Central Sun Oct 26 07:00:00 2008 UTC = Sun Oct 26 01:00:00 2008 CST isdst=0
The latest versions of patches 108993 (67) and 109809 (09) were applied, and the systems were rebooted to correct the time zone data.
$ zdump -v US/Central | grep 2008 US/Central Wed Mar 26 15:35:22 2008 UTC = Wed Mar 26 10:35:22 2008 CDT isdst=1 US/Central Sun Mar 9 07:59:59 2008 UTC = Sun Mar 9 01:59:59 2008 CST isdst=0 US/Central Sun Mar 9 08:00:00 2008 UTC = Sun Mar 9 03:00:00 2008 CDT isdst=1 US/Central Sun Nov 2 06:59:59 2008 UTC = Sun Nov 2 01:59:59 2008 CDT isdst=1 US/Central Sun Nov 2 07:00:00 2008 UTC = Sun Nov 2 01:00:00 2008 CST isdst=0
