[asterisk-users] DST and VM timestamp

[Dave Fullerton]

Damon Estep wrote:
> Who is tired of dealing with DST changes?
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> I have asterisk running on FC4, FC4 has been patched and shows the
> correct MDT timezone and time.
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> Email notifications of voicemail show the message time an hour early
> (standard time, not daylight). This si the time in the message body, not
> the email delivery time, so it is coming form asterisk wrong.
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> I did a reload after correcting the time/timezone, but not a restart.
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> Does the system need to be rebooted (or asterisk restarted?) or is there
> another way to get the application in sync with the OS.
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> Could I be missing something else?
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> Thanks!

At the minimum you'll need to restart asterisk. The safest bet is to 
reboot the computer. Each app usually gets its timezone info when it's 
started, so to get each program running on the machine to get the new 
DST info each process will need to be restarted (ie a reboot).

-Dave