What's PPET time?

2007-12-25 11:33:00

Thanks to Dave: dave@scg8a.es.hac.com

and all that responded.

Here's the answer:

> SRDB ID: 5833

>

> SYNOPSIS: what timezone is PPET (not PST)?

>

> DETAIL DESCRIPTION:

>

> The date command lists the timezone as PPET instead of PST.

> What does PPET mean?

>

> SOLUTION SUMMARY:

>

> PPET is for Pacific Presidential Election Time. It comes from

> using the Pacific-New time zone instead of Pacific. Pacific-new

> comes from some proposed changes in the time zone rules that

> have not been passed. This unused rule would keep the time

> change from occurring until the first Sunday after the 7th on the

> year of a presidential election.

>

> Reset the timezone to Pacific with the following command:

>

> /usr/etc/zic -l US/Pacific

>

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> PRODUCT AREA: System Administration

> PRODUCT: timezone

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