Ward William E PHDN wrote:
> Bret, that's not easy.... but I'll try.
>
> Check /etc/sysconfig/clock... mine reads
>
> UTC=false
> ARC=false
>
> and I'm in the same timezone (although mine always goes
> back to EST when I reboot... hmmm.... maybe I've got my
> timezone at EST and not EST5EDT.)
>
> The other file to check is /etc/localtime, but that's part
> a binary.... however, I notice that near the end of the file,
> it plaintexts the time zone (in my case with EST EDT at the
> end). This file, BTW, is a copy of information in
> /usr/shar/zoneinfo, according to the documentation and in
> reality... It looks like you HAVE to use a tool to properly
> configure timezones, though, in RedHat (versus, for example,
> in IRIX there is a file called /etc/timezone where you simply
> specify EST5EDT). Try timeconfig.
>
> Bill Ward
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bret Hughes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2000 4:14 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: file date time stamps
>
> Ward William E PHDN wrote:
>
> > Ok, I'll accept that. However, it >still< seems to me that it's
> > curious that there is a four hour difference when he's in EDT and
> > EDT is four hours off UTC, which is the default time kept on many
> > Unix machines in hardware, is an option in Linux, etc. Looks to me
> > like he may have something that either thinks he's keeping UTC when
> > he's not, or one that thinks he's NOT using UTC when he is... and
> > judging from what you've said and what he said when I mentioned
> > this point, it's the first of those two.
> >
> > Of course, that doesn't tell him WHERE the problem is... just WHAT
> > the problem is.
>
> Where all should the timezone variable be set? I seem to remember that the
> timestamps are actually stored at the system time and then converted for
> display based on the TimeZone setting. I have had problems with time after
> every redhat install until I went into timettol or linuxconf and acutually
> selected the city nearest me from te list that included the weird ones like
> Arizona and eastern indiana.
>
> I don't know if this is the probelm but it seems athat something is looking
> in
> one place for the timezone and the other program in another.
>
> HTH
> Bret
I seem to have it working ok I was wondering if it could be a factor in the
orig. poster's timestamp issues. I appreciate the info though it makes it a
little bit clearer.
Bret
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