Re: GMT vs UTC
Note that while there is a difference between GMT and UTC, mostly computers are set to GMT. The M is for Mean time which smooths over leap seconds that occur in UTC due to the jitter of the earth's rotation. Check wikipedia for a more precise answer. Note, however, that its unlikely that you'll manage to keep your system clock, even with ntpd, close enough to one or the other to notice the differnce (which needs sub-second accuracy). The error with ntpd should be well below one second, unless your machine is turned off for an extended period of time. Stefan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: GMT vs UTC
On Fri, 2007-11-02 at 14:57 -0400, Celejar wrote: On Fri, 02 Nov 2007 16:49:10 -0300 Marcelo Chiapparini [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi! I am running etch. How can I know if the clock is set to GMT or UTC. And Try 'grep UTC /etc/default/rcS' how can I switch from one to another? Read the UTC section of 'man rcS'. Thanks in advance Marcelo Celejar Thank you for all the feedback! Because I have a dual boot system, etch and XP, I need the same time defined in both. Following the advice of Celejar, I changed the UTC entry of /etc/default/rcS to NO. Now both system are using the time defined in the BIOS. Thanks again Marcelo -- Marcelo Chiapparini [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: GMT vs UTC
On Fri, 02 Nov 2007 16:49:10 -0300 Marcelo Chiapparini [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi! I am running etch. How can I know if the clock is set to GMT or UTC. And Try 'grep UTC /etc/default/rcS' how can I switch from one to another? Read the UTC section of 'man rcS'. Thanks in advance Marcelo Celejar -- mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email ssuds.sourceforge.net - A Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: GMT vs UTC
On Fri, Nov 02, 2007 at 04:49:10PM -0300, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: Hi! I am running etch. How can I know if the clock is set to GMT or UTC. And how can I switch from one to another? umm... aren't they the same thing? at least practically speaking? A signature.asc Description: Digital signature
GMT vs UTC
Hi! I am running etch. How can I know if the clock is set to GMT or UTC. And how can I switch from one to another? Thanks in advance Marcelo -- Marcelo Chiapparini [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: GMT vs UTC
On Fri, Nov 02, 2007 at 04:49:10PM -0300, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: I am running etch. How can I know if the clock is set to GMT or UTC. And how can I switch from one to another? Do you mean is your hardware clock set to GMT/UTC or localtime during install? Go to VT2 and type date. If the time is correct for where you're living, then its on local. If the time would be correct for UTC then its UTC. If its not correct for either, you may want to reboot into the BIOS and set the time to close to GMT. Note that while there is a difference between GMT and UTC, mostly computers are set to GMT. The M is for Mean time which smooths over leap seconds that occur in UTC due to the jitter of the earth's rotation. Check wikipedia for a more precise answer. Note, however, that its unlikely that you'll manage to keep your system clock, even with ntpd, close enough to one or the other to notice the differnce (which needs sub-second accuracy). Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: GMT vs UTC
On Fri, 02 Nov 2007 the mental interface of Marcelo Chiapparini told: Hi! I am running etch. How can I know if the clock is set to GMT or UTC. $ date And how can I switch from one to another? $ date -u $ man 1 date Elimar -- The path to source is always uphill! -unknown- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: GMT vs UTC
On Fri, 2 Nov 2007 19:58:30 +0100 Elimar Riesebieter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 02 Nov 2007 the mental interface of Marcelo Chiapparini told: Hi! I am running etch. How can I know if the clock is set to GMT or UTC. $ date And how can I switch from one to another? $ date -u $ man 1 date We need to clarify the issue. I understood (see my other message in this thread) the OP to be asking about the hardware clock; you are discussing the system clock. Elimar Celejar -- mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email ssuds.sourceforge.net - A Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: GMT vs UTC
On Fri, 02 Nov 2007 the mental interface of Celejar told: On Fri, 2 Nov 2007 19:58:30 +0100 Elimar Riesebieter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 02 Nov 2007 the mental interface of Marcelo Chiapparini told: Hi! I am running etch. How can I know if the clock is set to GMT or UTC. $ date And how can I switch from one to another? $ date -u $ man 1 date We need to clarify the issue. I understood (see my other message in this thread) the OP to be asking about the hardware clock; you are discussing the system clock. hwclock(8) Elimar -- Obviously the human brain works like a computer. Since there are no stupid computers humans can't be stupid. There are just a few running with Windows or even CE ;-) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
