[c-nsp] DST change on catos 6500

[Arnold Nipper]

On 07.03.2007 21:52 dalton wrote

> ideally i could switch to UTC across all the 6500's we have (about 10),
> however these devices are logging to a central log server which
> writes the system time stamps , so i had received some resistence to
> switching everything to UTC that perhaps it could cause some confusion. 
> 
> assuming i can't switch things to UTC at the moment, do i infact need to 
> specify the 60 minute offset in catos for DST? i was assuming that the summertime setting was making the offset, but perhaps i'm misunderstanding.
> for ex.
> 
> set summertime recurring second Sunday March 02:00 first Sunday November 02:00 60
> 
> do i need that offset at the end?
> 

No, if you don't add an offset, the system automagically assumes 60 minutes

sw005> (enable) set summertime recurring last Sunday March 02:00 last
Sunday October 02:00 ?
  <offset>                   Number of minutes to add during summer time
  <cr>



Arnold
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Arnold Nipper, AN45