On Tue, 4 Jul 2000, Tom Rauschenbach wrote: > How come this thing knows what time it is Greenwich (or UTC) but can't set > the local time ? The system keeps track of time internally as UTC. Programs like "date" use standard library routines to convert system time to local time. The standard library uses magic to determine the time zone. That magic includes looking at the environment for a "TZ" variable, reading a file /etc/localtime, and probably some other things I'm not aware of, such as casting the bones. > Can someone tell me where the file is that says what time zone I'm in ? System the system clock from the hardware clock is distribution-specific. It generally happens somewhere in /etc/rc.sysinit or equivalent. Most distros provide a front-end program to configure the magic for you. On Red Hat systems, it is "/usr/sbin/timeconfig". -- Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Net Technologies, Inc. <http://www.ntisys.com> Voice: (800)905-3049 x18 Fax: (978)499-7839 ********************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the following text in the *body* (*not* the subject line) of the letter: unsubscribe gnhlug **********************************************************
