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The TZ variable can be set in /etc/environment file so the time automatically switches to daylight savings time in spring and back to normal in autumn. The actual rules when to switch vary by country, the following should work in middle europe: TZ=MET-1MET DST,M3.5.0/02:00:00,M10.5.0/03:00:00 The exact definition for the rules can be found with infoexplorer under the environment page.
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Last Update May 13 2007 @ 00:21 AM