Re: time and timezones

[Bruce Sass <bsass@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca>]

On Wed, 20 Sep 2000, Andreas Palsson wrote:
> Here's a simple question.
> I've not been able to set my systems time correctly.
> 
> I've used 'hwclock' and set the hardware clock, and I guess it should be
> set to GMT.
> But what do I do after that?
> 
> If I use 'hwclock --hctosys' the system-time will be the same as GMT and
> not Swedish time.
> And beside all that, I can't find the command 'tzset' mentioned in the
> hwclock-manpage.

This is how I have done it:
1. "tzconfig" to set the time zone
2. edit /etc/default/rcS to include "UTC=yes"
3. date --set="<the-local-time-and-date>"
4. "hwclock --utc --systohc" to set the hardware clock to GMT

I usually use the same format spit out by "date" for
<the-local-tame-and-date>.  e.g.,
	date --set="Wed Sep 20 00:29:36 MDT 2000"
but there are (lots of) other formats that will work, check the manpage.


later,

	Bruce