Here at elsie the Central time zone seems okay; witness this excerpt from the output of "zdump -v US/Central": ... US/Central Sun Apr 4 07:59:59 2004 UTC = Sun Apr 4 01:59:59 2004 CST isdst=0 US/Central Sun Apr 4 08:00:00 2004 UTC = Sun Apr 4 03:00:00 2004 CDT isdst=1 US/Central Sun Oct 31 06:59:59 2004 UTC = Sun Oct 31 01:59:59 2004 CDT isdst=1 US/Central Sun Oct 31 07:00:00 2004 UTC = Sun Oct 31 01:00:00 2004 CST isdst=0 US/Central Sun Apr 3 07:59:59 2005 UTC = Sun Apr 3 01:59:59 2005 CST isdst=0 US/Central Sun Apr 3 08:00:00 2005 UTC = Sun Apr 3 03:00:00 2005 CDT isdst=1 US/Central Sun Oct 30 06:59:59 2005 UTC = Sun Oct 30 01:59:59 2005 CDT isdst=1 US/Central Sun Oct 30 07:00:00 2005 UTC = Sun Oct 30 01:00:00 2005 CST isdst=0 US/Central Sun Apr 2 07:59:59 2006 UTC = Sun Apr 2 01:59:59 2006 CST isdst=0 US/Central Sun Apr 2 08:00:00 2006 UTC = Sun Apr 2 03:00:00 2006 CDT isdst=1 US/Central Sun Oct 29 06:59:59 2006 UTC = Sun Oct 29 01:59:59 2006 CDT isdst=1 US/Central Sun Oct 29 07:00:00 2006 UTC = Sun Oct 29 01:00:00 2006 CST isdst=0 ... --ado