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   Message 8,119 of 8,232   
   Wilfred van Velzen to Mike Powell   
   Re: tzdata question   
   03 Apr 25 17:40:03   
   
   TID: FMail-lnx64 2.3.2.4-B20240523   
   RFC-X-No-Archive: Yes   
   TZUTC: 0200   
   CHRS: CP850 2   
   PID: GED+LNX 1.1.5-b20240604   
   MSGID: 2:280/464 67eeac30   
   REPLY: 8434.fi-linux@1:2320/105 2c53fb44   
   Hi Mike,   
      
   On 2025-04-03 10:06:00, you wrote to me:   
      
    >> Current default time zone: 'Europe/Amsterdam'   
    >> Local time is now:      Thu Apr  3 10:29:57 CEST 2025.   
    >> Universal Time is now:  Thu Apr  3 08:29:57 UTC 2025.   
    >> Run 'dpkg-reconfigure tzdata' if you wish to change it.   
      
    >> All went smoothly.   
      
    >> /etc/localtime and /etc/timezone have a new timestamp (set to the date/time   
    >> of the update). And are still correct...   
      
    MP> The new timestamps show that tzdata updated the both of them.   
      
    MP> Where is it getting this info from to update those two datasets?   
      
   I found this file on one of the updated systems:   
      
   /var/cache/apt/archives/tzdata_2025b-0ubuntu0.22.04_all.deb   
      
   Inside it are shell scripts that use/touch those files...   
      
      
   Bye, Wilfred.   
      
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