Re: time is off
(Ted Harding) <Ted.Harding@nessie.mcc.ac.uk> writes:
| On 24-Aug-98 daryl wrote:
| > folks,
| >
| > both of my my debian systems have the wrong time. they are 7 hours
| > too early, although they are in the correct timezone (PDT). i can
| > use the date command to set the date right, however i still have the
| > same problem after a reboot.
| >
| > can someone please shed some light on this subject. any pointers,
| > tips, rtfms, etc are welcomed.
|
| Clue: Your timezone (PDT) is GMT - 7 hours. So your hardware clocks
| are set to
| local time, which your systems assume is GMT, and the timezone offset then
| makes it show as 7 hours earlier.
|
| Solution: set your hardware clocks to GMT (i.e. UT or "Universal Time").
|
| Alternatively, if you insist on your hardware clock being at local time:
| set your timezone to GMT0; but this is not pretty, in all sorts of ways.
Umm, bad idea.
Good idea: man tzconfig.
Summarizing, the Debian Way (TM) is to modify /etc/default/rcS and
set
GMT=""
if you're hardware/BIOS clock is set to local time (required for
DOS/Windows). No need to mess with your time zone.
Gary
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