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Re: help with file timestamp



Brian May [bam@debian.org] wrote:
> >>>>> "Corey" == Corey Popelier <pancreas@dingoblue.net.au> writes:
> 
>     Corey> Check the file /etc/default/rcS There is a line in there
>     Corey> that says "Set UTC to yes or no".  Make sure this is set to
>     Corey> no.
> 
> You are thinking of potato. IIRC It is different in slink. This is
> hamm...

Correct. In Hamm, there is not UTC=yes, but there is GMT="-u", which is
really the same thing. I have hard coded GMT="--localtime" in
/etc/init.d/hwclock.sh anyway, so it should not matter.

> 
>     >> Hi, I am having some problems here with timestamp. The system
>     >> is hamm.
> 
> Might be a kernel issue (seeing date is reporting the correct
> thing). What kernel version are you using?

# uname -r
2.0.36

> Do you have an /etc/localtime? 

Yes.

> Is this file required on hamm? (sorry I can't remember now).
> 
> On mine it is:
> 
> [632] [snoopy:bam] ~ >ls -l /etc/localtime 
> lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           39 May  5 12:16 /etc/localtime -> /usr/share/zoneinfo/Australia/Melbourne
> 
> However, I thought date didn't work properly without this.

Mine looks like this:
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root            36 Jul 20 05:01 /etc/localtime -> /usr/share/zoneinfo/Australia/Sydney

>     >> Shao Zhang - Running Debian 2.1 ___ _ _____ Department of
> 
> What?!!? Are you running hamm or slink?

Sorry. That was referring to my personal computer, I am running woody
now. The one I am talking about is our webserver.


Shao.

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