Sorry to reply to my own message, but I discovered that /etc/profile sets the TZ environment variable if /etc/localtime doesn't exist. If I unset TZ (or log out and in again) the below works. Maybe I'll put this into the Wiki.
Robert Withrow wrote: > I've searched the Wiki and the mailing lists and the Internet in > general, and what I see for setting the timezone on my Neo is to either > install "timezones" or "tzdata" and the link the appropriate thing into > /etc/localtime. Neither way works for me. > > This is with tzdata, but I get the same result using timezones and > timezone-america: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/share/zoneinfo$ date > Thu Nov 1 23:48:10 UTC 2007 > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/share/zoneinfo$ ipkg install tzdata-americas > tzdata-posix > Installing tzdata-americas (2007e-r0) to root... > Downloading > http://buildhost.openmoko.org/OM2007.2/tmp/deploy/glibc/ipk/armv4t/tzdata-americas_2007e-r0_armv4t.ipk > Installing tzdata-posix (2007e-r0) to root... > Downloading > http://buildhost.openmoko.org/OM2007.2/tmp/deploy/glibc/ipk/armv4t/tzdata-posix_2007e-r0_armv4t.ipk > Configuring tzdata-americas > Configuring tzdata-posix > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/share/zoneinfo$ ln -s > /usr/share/zoneinfo/posix/US/Eastern /etc/localtime > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/share/zoneinfo$ date > Thu Nov 1 23:49:19 UTC 2007 > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/share/zoneinfo$ ls -l /etc/localtime > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 36 Nov 1 23:49 /etc/localtime > -> /usr/share/zoneinfo/posix/US/Eastern > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/share/zoneinfo$ /bin/date > Thu Nov 1 23:50:23 UTC 2007 > > What stupid mistake am I making? > > -- Robert Withrow, R.W. Withrow Associates, Swampscott, MA, USA
