In article <199605300543.BAA24752@ginger.cmf.nrl.navy.mil>,
Ken Hornstein  <kenh@cmf.nrl.navy.mil> wrote:
> >A few months ago, /sys/conf/param.c was updated to compile cleanly
> >if DST and TIMEZONE are not defined. Furthermore these variables
> >are flagged as being obsolete in several kernel configuration files.
> >/sys/conf/param.c is the only place, where these symbols are used.
> 
> It's my understanding that DST and TIMEZONE are used on the i386 as an
> offset to adjust the hardware clock.  I don't think they are used on
> other ports, but I could be wrong.

Why is it wrong for the Amiga port to do that, but not the i386 port?
I've never gotten a good answer for that.