Re: time

[Ralph Winslow <ralphw@nac.net>]

When Jason Gunthorpe wrote, I replied:

Damn, Jason, you're good!  As the attached script ouput shows, that
worked like a charm.  I suspect that /etc/default/rcS, the existance
of which I was totally unaware, was the key.  Thanks!!
> 
> On Thu, 27 Aug 1998, Ralph Winslow wrote:
> 
> > Since installing hamm, I've been unable to get my time to work
> > properly.  I want my cmos clock to keep GMT or Zulu or UTC or
> > whatever and have the date command show EDT.  The attached shows
> > the output of the date command set to EDT which as I understand
> > it should be GMT + 4 at this time of year, and the hwclock --show
> > output with only a two hour difference.  I'm puzzeled and
> > chagrined.  /etc/init.d/boot contains GMT="-u" BTW.
> 
> Look in /etc/default/rcS, set GMT="-u", make sure /etc/timezone is valid,
> sync your clock with 'netdate va.debian.org' then set your cmos clock with
> hwclock --utc --systohc
> 
> Jason
> 
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Ralph Winslow		      rjw@nac.net
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Script started on Wed Aug 26 23:49:30 1998
# date;hwclock --show

Wed Aug 26 23:49:52 EDT 1998
Wed Aug 26 21:49:53 1998  -0.800995 seconds
# ^D


Script done on Wed Aug 26 23:50:00 1998