Environment
Novell Nterprise Branch Office 2.0
Situation
The government of Argentina approved a new law for saving energy.
This law took effect on December 30, 2007 at 12:00:00 AM and it
will end on March 16, 2008 12:00:00 AM.
Resolution
Novell Nterprise Branch Office:
At any time before Sunday December 30 make the following changes on the Nterprise Branch Office Server:
1. Add the following additional time zone with the new daylight saving information to the bottom of the sys:\etc\timezone.ini file
[zone19]
name=(GMT-03:00) Buenos Aires, Georgetown
offset=-03:00
label=AGST
dsdefined=on
dslabel=AGDT
dsoffset=1:00
startmonth=12
startdayofweek=1
startrule=LAST
starthour=0
endmonth=3
enddayofweek=7
endrule=THIRD
endhour=2
2. From the NBO command line run "SET timezone zone = 19"
These changes take place immediately, and the new dates and values can be verified by unlocking the console and typing TIME to check the calculated dates for DST start and DST end.
These changes are specific for the December 30 start date for daylight savings in 2007.
At any time before Sunday December 30 make the following changes on the Nterprise Branch Office Server:
1. Add the following additional time zone with the new daylight saving information to the bottom of the sys:\etc\timezone.ini file
[zone19]
name=(GMT-03:00) Buenos Aires, Georgetown
offset=-03:00
label=AGST
dsdefined=on
dslabel=AGDT
dsoffset=1:00
startmonth=12
startdayofweek=1
startrule=LAST
starthour=0
endmonth=3
enddayofweek=7
endrule=THIRD
endhour=2
2. From the NBO command line run "SET timezone zone = 19"
These changes take place immediately, and the new dates and values can be verified by unlocking the console and typing TIME to check the calculated dates for DST start and DST end.
These changes are specific for the December 30 start date for daylight savings in 2007.