Re: ntp ... sets my time an hour off
> On Mon, 21 Jul 1997 18:00:57 -0400, Paul Miller <Paul@LuckyNumber.com> said:
> >
> > I installed xntp the other day and it sets my time an hour behind the
> > actual time.. when I type 'date -R' is says my time zone is -0500
> > which is correct (EST)...
>
> I don't know the cause of your problem, but -0500 isn't correct for
> Eastern time. Since daylight savings is in effect now it should be
> saying -0400 (and date -R does say that here, where I've also got xntp
> running).
>
EST is always -0500, EDT is -0400. I live in one of those strange places that doesn't
use daylight savings, so I'm always on EST. Paul's /etc/timezone should probably be
US/East. (mine is US/East-Indiana)
Hope this helps
> What is in your /etc/timezone file?
>
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> Roderick Schertler
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