[support] patching drupal to account for daylight savings time

Sarah Adams mr.sanders at geekjock.ca
Wed Aug 8 18:51:03 UTC 2007


>> I am a recent convert to Drupal, and have just finished installing and
>> configuring it for a site I'm developing. The only problem I had during
>> the config process was setting the timezone. The site is in the Atlantic
>> timezone (-0400), but when I choose this option currently, the time is
>> one hour behind. I could set the timezone to -0500, but that wouldn't be
>> correct, and I'd have to remember to change it twice a year.
>>
>> Anyway, I found this patch http://drupal.org/node/11077 which seems to
>> do what I need, but I can't get the patch applied. So I have two questions:
> 
> There are actually several patches in that node, and you didn't mention which 
> one you were using. I'm assuming you just grabbed the first patch and didn't 
> actually read through the thread, or even the dates of the comments.

Ah... I didn't realize the comments could have attachments as well.
Looks like I need to investigate this patch a little further. Thanks for
setting me straight - I'm in a whole new world here, just trying to get
my bearings :)

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