topic Re: Dst change in Operating System - HP-UX

Dst change

Curtis Lott — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 18:12:48 GMT

I am trying to determine if Apache need a patch to address the DST change in March. I have reviewed several website, but no information is clear on the subject for apache

Re: Dst change

Ivan Krastev — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 18:30:48 GMT

In DST description there are some words - "Some applications perform date and time manipulation and may make automatic decisions based on Daylight Saving Time rules."

The most affected product from DST will be Java and if you have some java applications running under apache is recomended to apply the patch.

Here is more info about DST changes - http://h10072.www1.hp.com/dst/

regards,
ivan

Re: Dst change

James R. Ferguson — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 18:38:15 GMT

Hi Curtis:

As far as I know, Apache (itself) should obtain its notion of local time from the underlying libC system libraries. That means, the a properly patched operating system will provide the necessary information. A Google search using "Apache +DST" would seem to confirm that.

Java applications are another story:

http://www.hp.com/go/DST

Regards!

...JRF...