Benjamin Scott wrote: > > 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". The other important question would be, "Did you set your hardware clock to GMT?". -- "RAM disk is not an installation procedure." Cole Tuininga Network Admin Code Energy, Inc [EMAIL PROTECTED] (603) 766-2208 ********************************************************** 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 **********************************************************
