Question

Could we have problems changing to Daylight Savings Time (in the Spring) -- or is just the Fall when the time changes back?

Answer

At 02:00 (a.m.) on Sunday the system clock will automatically jump ahead to 03:00 (a.m.)

If no jobs are scheduled to run during the time change there should be no issue*, but the job daemon does need to be restarted (util e/15/1) after the time change in order for the jobs to run at the right (new) time. 

*Note that there definitely is an issue with the change off of Daylight Savings Time in the Fall.

Additional Information

See also the articles " Clock change problems with the switch off Daylight Savings Time (in the Fall) " and " csh command to start job daemon ".

Category: System Management (500)

• Article last edited: 16-Mar-2016