Re: System time
On Sat, Sep 02, 2000 at 11:23:59PM -0400, Thomas J. Hamman wrote:
> I should add in that the change is usually by 5 hours, which is my
> timezone's offset from GMT, so I've been wondering if maybe I
> accidentally picked the wrong setting concerning the hardware clock
> being set to GMT during installation. I can't find where that setting
> is configured though (and tzconfig doesn't include it).
Ahh, confusion about whether BIOS clock is in UTC or local time... Check
/etc/default/rcS for the line "UTC=<yes|no>". I suggest yes, and set
your timezone accordingly for localtime. Don't know if it matters, but
if you have it, look at /proc/rtc. It should give you an indication of
how the kernel thinks system time is (24hr, DST, etc...). This should
agree with your BIOS. Also, is this a dual-boot Windows machine? That
can be a factor. In fact, you might have to keep your system time in
local time for them both to agree.
To keep your time synchronized, chronyd is a nice tool for dial-ups.
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