George Kerber                                     June 10,1989
Aurora, Colorado  



I've always been frustrated that my watch (and stereo & microwave & alarm
clocks & car clocks, if fact ALL of my clocks) had to be manually adjusted
for Daylight Savings Time twice a year.  My watch knows and compensates for
leap year, why not Daylight Savings Time?  I know, not all areas use
Daylight Savings Time.  All clocks would need a flag that could be set if
the user wanted the clock to keep track of Daylight Savings Time.

Anyway, for one of my first "C" projects, I've written "dst".  Include this per
the docs in your startup sequence and your system clock will always be
correct, whether it's Daylight Savings Time or not.  It's just one less
thing you have to worry about.

There is a great program running around called "AtomClock" that will make 
your computer (& modem) call the Naval Observatory in Washington DC and set
your system clock accordingly.  The call is about 13 cents from Denver.

I have included a sample script (batch file) for AtomClock that works great.
It uses "dst" with the "f" option.  Use the proper option for "atomclock"
to set your system clock for standard time in your area, then add the
correct command to write the new time to your battery clock for your system.

I have also include a fragment script that could be added to your
startup-sequence.  Using this script (date.atomclock) will make your Amiga
automatically run atomclock once a month on bootup.  Variations of this
script could be used to do ANYTHING once a month or day or year or
whatever.  AmigaDOS doesn't have anywhere near the power or versatility
of UNIX, but it's betting better....