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Re: help with file timestamp



Check the file /etc/default/rcS
There is a line in there that says "Set UTC to yes or no".
Make sure this is set to no.

Cheers,
 Corey J. Popelier
 http://members.dingoblue.net.au/~pancreas


On Thu, 20 Jul 2000, Shao Zhang wrote:

> Hi,
> 	I am having some problems here with timestamp. The system is
> 	hamm.
> 
> # date
> Thu Jul 20 15:59:32 EST 2000
> 
> # date -u
> Thu Jul 20 05:59:34 UTC 2000
> 
> # touch /tmp/hello
> # ls -al /tmp/hello
> -rw-rw-r--   1 root     root             0 Jul 20 05:59 /tmp/hello
> 
> 
> 	As you can see /tmp/hello's timestamp is using UTC rather than
> 	EST. How do I make it using EST?
> 
> Addtitional Info:
> 
> # cat /etc/timezone
> Australia/Sydney
> 
> /etc/init.d/hwclock.sh is using GMT=--localhost. Well, I don't think it
> really matters, coz I got a potato where GMT=--UTC and the time stamps
> are still using EST.
> 
> 
> 	Thanks for any help in advance.
> 
> Shao.
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