[ntp:questions] Can or should the NTP protocol eventually serve timezone data?

John Hasler john at dhh.gt.org
Wed Jun 17 21:03:51 UTC 2009


Richard B. Gilbert writes:
> I believe that the O/S vendors supply a file with timezone data.  If you
> have support, you can even get updates from the vendor.  Since I can't
> afford support (I'm retired and a hobbyist) I have to do it by hand.

Most Linux distributions provide this support for free (Debian certainly
does).  I would be surprised if the BSD distributions don't do so as well.

IMHO a standardized, automated and decentralized way of distributing
changes to timezone files might be useful, though.  It just should not be
part of NTP.
-- 
John Hasler 
john at dhh.gt.org
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI USA




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