Ken -- ...and then Ken Weingold said... % % On Fri, Feb 1, 2002, Knute wrote: % > Don't know about that, but I do have an idea. % > Do you know if the box in Portland is using GMT or not? % % I don't. What will tell me that? 'date' says PST.
That's good enough. You could also check for TZ in /etc/profile, and I think there's another place on a Linux box where the timezone is set. % % > If it is, then you can set yours to GMT as well, then they should be in % > sync. % > Either that or have mutt change the TZ variable to West Coast time % > (Don't know the abreviation.) % % Hmmm. I removed my TZ env variable and will see if things clear up. % So what is the best way to have all my stuff set to EST/GMT-5 that % mutt will deal with? Don't worry about the time zone on your server; if you can ls -l and get correct-looking output (files just touched are not hours off or in the future), things are fine. You can put your TZ back; I use my own TZ var on my server on the East Coast so that whenever I land in a new city my times are correct (I got tired of sending mail at 0400 when I was really only up until one :-) % % -Ken Speaking of landing in a new city, does anyone need a hot SysAdmin? I'm on the market again... Ken, perhaps you should forward my address to your IT department ;-) :-D -- David T-G * It's easier to fight for one's principles (play) [EMAIL PROTECTED] * than to live up to them. -- fortune cookie (work) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.justpickone.org/davidtg/ Shpx gur Pbzzhavpngvbaf Qrprapl Npg!
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