Re: more questions about time
On Thu, 23 Jul 1998, Keith wrote:
> I finally have my time right on my Linux box. I ran tzconfig
> and set the timezone to GMT+0. I don't understand why this is
> the way I had to get it to work. My other Linux machine is set
> to EST5EDT and the time is right. What is the deal?
> EST5EDT is my time zone.
I think it is that your other machines have the hardware clock set to GMT
whereas the hardware clock in this machine is set to EDT. If you reboot
your machine and jump into the cmos configuration (or whatever it is that
you can get into by usually pressing <del> during the boot) and change the
hardware clock to GMT then you can have the timezone set to EST5EDT. Note
that this is the way that unix boxes usually run so that they can figure
out when to automatically kick in daylight savings if that is applicable
to where you live. Some of the above might be a little off, but the jist
of it is correct. Cheers.
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Colin Telmer, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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