Re: ntpsec as server questions

[gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net>]

On 12/4/23 11:31, Dan Purgert wrote:
> On Dec 04, 2023, gene heskett wrote:
> > [...]
> > So here on coyote: date -u:
> > Mon Dec  4 15:47:44 UTC 2023
> > but on mkspi: date -u:
> > Mon 04 Dec 2023 03:47:16 PM UTC
> > [...]
> >
> > WTH?  Where is that false 12 hour offset coming from?
>
> Coyote seems to use the standard output of 'date' (in 24-hour clock
> format).
>
> mkspi /appears/ to be using an approximation of "-R" ("--rfc-email",
> as set in RFC5322), though it's missing the comma between "Mon" and "04
> Dec", and is set in 12-hour mode.
>
> It's been ages since I've dug into it, but I _BELIEVE_ the LC_TIME
> environment variable has an effect here. (Or had, at some point in the
> past).
It might well be, Dan but no man page, Set for "C" in the env output.
I redirected the /etc/localtime link to EST5EDT and fixed it, the thing 
thought it was in the 3rd worst hell hole in the US, LA, CA.
>

Cheers, Gene Heskett.
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