diff --git a/checkin_notes b/checkin_notes
index b8f5745d10..54ea9a0691 100755
--- a/checkin_notes
+++ b/checkin_notes
@@ -6057,14 +6057,16 @@ David  4 May 2005
         schema.sql
 
 Bruce 4 May 2005
-    - bug fix so that Unix hosts report their timezones correctly.
-      NOTE: hosts that lack a gmt offset in the tm structure (System V
-      with no BSD extensions) will have the WRONG SIGN for the timezone.
-      This can be fixed by changing the signs of __timezone, _timezone and
-      timezone in get_timezone(), but I won't do it until David signs
-      off.
+    - bug fix so that Unix hosts report their timezones correctly
+      taking into account the effect of DST on their localtime.
 
-    - Note that with this change we adopt the convention that the database
+      NOTE: hosts that lacked a gmt offset in the tm structure (System V
+      with no BSD extensions) had the WRONG SIGN for the timezone.
+      This is now fixed. These host types (AIX, Cygwin?) will now have a
+      change in sign in their timezone, making it consistent with other
+      Unix hosts and with Win32 hosts.
+
+    - Note that with these changes we adopt the convention that the database
       timezone value is the (Local Standard Time) - (UTC time).  This
       quantity only depends upon spatial location on the earth's surface and
       is NOT a function of time.
diff --git a/client/hostinfo_unix.C b/client/hostinfo_unix.C
index 0655eb2eff..ac0b81db81 100644
--- a/client/hostinfo_unix.C
+++ b/client/hostinfo_unix.C
@@ -118,14 +118,11 @@ int get_timezone() {
         return time_data->tm_gmtoff;
     }
 #elif defined(linux)
-    return __timezone;
-    // SHOULD BE -1*__timezone;
+    return -1*(__timezone);
 #elif defined(__CYGWIN32__)
-    return _timezone;
-    // SHOULD BE -1*_timezone;
+    return -1*(_timezone);
 #elif defined(unix)
-    return timezone;
-    // SHOULD BE -1*timezone;
+    return -1*timezone;
 #else
 #error timezone
 #endif