Hi, We are using the files from: ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/ There is a problem in the fall back procedure, which we encountered in all our tested platforms (Tru64 4.0D/4.0F, Linux AS3 Update 8, Solaris 9). We cahnged time to 01:55 , 4 Nov 2007. The time advances normally from 02:00hrs on and "does not fall back to 01:00hrs as desired". # date Sun Nov 4 02:01:23 EST 2007 # zdump -v US/Alaska | grep 2007 US/Alaska Sat Nov 3 23:05:42 2007 AKDT US/Alaska Sun Mar 11 10:59:59 2007 GMT = Sun Mar 11 01:59:59 2007 AKST isdst=0 gmtoff=-32400 US/Alaska Sun Mar 11 11:00:00 2007 GMT = Sun Mar 11 03:00:00 2007 AKDT isdst=1 gmtoff=-28800 US/Alaska Sun Nov 4 09:59:59 2007 GMT = Sun Nov 4 01:59:59 2007 AKDT isdst=1 gmtoff=-28800 US/Alaska Sun Nov 4 10:00:00 2007 GMT = Sun Nov 4 01:00:00 2007 AKST isdst=0 gmtoff=-32400 # zdump -v Canada/Yukon | grep 2007 Canada/Yukon Sat Nov 3 23:06:07 2007 YDT Canada/Yukon Sun Mar 11 10:59:59 2007 GMT = Sun Mar 11 01:59:59 2007 YST isdst=0 gmtoff=-32400 Canada/Yukon Sun Mar 11 11:00:00 2007 GMT = Sun Mar 11 03:00:00 2007 YDT isdst=1 gmtoff=-28800 Canada/Yukon Sun Nov 4 09:59:59 2007 GMT = Sun Nov 4 01:59:59 2007 YDT isdst=1 gmtoff=-28800 Canada/Yukon Sun Nov 4 10:00:00 2007 GMT = Sun Nov 4 01:00:00 2007 YST isdst=0 gmtoff=-32400 # Is there a patch to this problem? Please advise, Avi Koski - Comverse Ltd., Platform Linux Group Tel: +972-50-7348330