I'm wondering if my bios is set to use UTC. Need to check that out.
On Thu, 03 Mar 2005 15:55:14 -0500, Bradley Serbu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Micheal, > > I'm also out of ideas. I had a similar problem when doing a clean > re-install of gentoo on a fresh drive. However, the CLOCK="local" fixed > the problem for me. > > - Brad > > Michael Haan wrote: > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] haanm $ env | grep TZ > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] haanm $ > > > >Good idea, but no banana. > > > > > >On Fri, 04 Mar 2005 09:32:39 +1300, Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >>I just found out something interesting whilst fiddling: > >> > >>TZ is the local users timezone setting, it can be set different to the > >>systemwide default of /etc/localtime. This is so someone logging in from > >>the other side of the world can have their own timezone, via setting > >>their TZ variable > >> > >>now most people will not have TZ set, as they are logging in to a local > >>machine and /etc/localtime will fix it. > >> > >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] nick $ env|grep TZ (no output, ie TZ is not set, even > >>to null, in my environment) > >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] nick $date > >>Fri Mar 4 09:29:00 NZDT 2005 > >> > >>BUT if TZ is present in your environment, but set to null, the system > >>will give UTC > >> > >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] nick $ TZ= date > >>Thu Mar 3 20:29:51 UTC 2005 > >> > >>(thats a space after TZ= , ie set TZ to null.) > >> > >>I think you should see if TZ exists in your environment by : > >> > >>env|grep TZ > >> > >>On Thu, 3 Mar 2005 15:07:07 -0500 > >>Michael Haan wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] haanm $ echo $TZ > >>> > >>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] haanm $ > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>On Fri, 04 Mar 2005 08:52:01 +1300, Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>>>what is TZ set to? > >>>> > >>>>echo $TZ > >>>> > >>>>this takes preference over the system wide preference set by > >>>>/etc/localtime > >>>> > >>>>On Thu, 3 Mar 2005 13:27:34 -0500 > >>>>Michael Haan wrote: > >>>> > >>>>-- > >>>>Nick Rout > >>>>Barrister & Solicitor > >>>>Christchurch > >>>><http://www.rout.co.nz> > >>>><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>>> > >>>>-- > >>>>gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>-- > >>>gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > >>> > >>> > >>-- > >>Nick Rout > >>Barrister & Solicitor > >>Christchurch > >><http://www.rout.co.nz> > >><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> > >>-- > >>gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > >> > >> > >> > >> > >-- > >gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > > > > > > > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
