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Re: Setting system time on startup



On Wed, Jun 05, 2002 at 05:27:54AM -0400, Ian D. Stewart wrote:
> Right now, when booting my linux box, the system clock is off by four 
> hours (I'm guessing it is set to GMT).  I can reset the clock using 
> date, but this is starting to get a bit tedious.  Is there a way to 
> automate this process and/or convince Linux to set the system clock to 
> local time?

Install the ntpdate package to set your date on boot and ntp to keep
it accurate thereafter.  As for the time zone, run tzconfig to set
that.

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