Chris Frost wrote: > >--dDRMvlgZJXvWKvBx >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii >Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > >I'd like to have a box setup so that it's hardware clock is set to gmt, >while in software the box presents the time in the local time (central >fwiw); how would I do this? Is there a pre-setup way to account for >daylight savings time, or should I either do it manually or through cron? Use tzconfig to set up your timezone, which is best defined by the nearest city in the same zone (so mine is Europe/London). Use date to set the system time to the correct local time. Then use `hwclock --systohc --utc' to set the hardware clock to UTC (= GMT).
(All as root, of course.) -- Oliver Elphick [EMAIL PROTECTED] Isle of Wight http://www.lfix.co.uk/oliver PGP key from public servers; key ID 32B8FAA1 ======================================== "Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have. For he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee." Hebrews 13:5