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Re: how to set correct time?

tzconfig will let you specify the timezone if you want to try to adjust it, but you might have set up the system so that it expects GMT from the hardware. Also, depending if it is some applet or xprogram that's displaying the time for you, you need to check and specify the timezone for that program, rightclick for properties. Also dual booting with windows can be a problem. If thats the case, set the current local time in the bios, and set up your system so it does not expect to see GMT on boot, I forget exactly how to do that. But in /etc/ there is a file with time and zone info in it. /etc/default/rcS does the GMT part and /etc/timezone or timezone.conf for the zone part. 




From: DvB <dvanbalen@jam.rr.com>
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: how to set correct time?
Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2001 00:33:49 -0500

You might wanna try rdate (I usually sync with time.nist.gov).


Stephen Boulet wrote:


On Thursday 19 April 2001 05:58 pm, Rory Campbell-Lange wrote:


I foolishly don't know how to set the correct time for my system clock.
The timezone is correctly set to London/England, but the time is about 6
hours out (date reports the time in 'BST' - I presume this is "British
Standard Time").

I tried using the date command but nothing happened.

Thanks for any help
Rory





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