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Re: Time is still not right.



Keith writes:
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> > > I need some more help with this problem. 
> > 
> > Ok, look at /etc/init.d/boot and let us know what the 'GMT=' line is set to.
> 
> I think you have found the problem. Here is what it says in my /etc/init.d/boot
> 
> # Set GMT="-u" if your system clock is set to GMT, and GMT="" if not.
> GMT="-u"
> 
> This is wrong since my hardware clock is not set to GMT. I think I need to 
> set it to GMT="-5", but I don't know much about timezones. Like I said before 
> I am in the Eastern timezone, US.

Set the line to read:

# Set GMT="-u" if your system clock is set to GMT, and GMT="" if not.
GMT=""

And leave your timezone as EST5EDT. All will be ok (might have to reboot after
making the changes, though)

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