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Re: Setting system time on startup



Hello Pietro Cagnoni <pcagnoni@mclink.net>,

What is the advantage to keep the clock on GMT?

On Wed, 05 Jun 2002 19:21:28 +0200
Pietro Cagnoni <pcagnoni@mclink.net> wrote:

> Ian D. Stewart wrote:
> > Howdy Folks,
> > 
> > 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?
> 
> debian readjusts the clock on shutdown, maybe there's something broken
> somewhere; check the console output on shutdown.
> 
> if you use just linux on the box, it's better to keep the clock on
> GMT: adjust UTC=* in /etc/default/rcS .
> 
> pietro.
> 
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