Re: [gentoo-user] OT - Where is the TIMEZONE variable?

2007-03-12 Thread Matthew R. Lee
On Monday 12 March 2007 10:01, Michael Sullivan wrote:
 I feel really stupid having to ask this here, but in what file is the
 TIMEZONE variable set?  My PC clock is set by ntp and it's not being
 updated for DST.  Wherever the variable is, it's not set.  I never
 updated it becuase I heard it wasn't actually being used yet, but I
 think if I set it my machine's time might get updated for DST.  I can't
 find the stupid variable though.  The one that replaces /etc/localtime.
 Can anyone help me out?
/etc/conf.d/clock
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Re: [gentoo-user] OT - Where is the TIMEZONE variable?

2007-03-12 Thread Roger Mason
Hello Michael,

Michael Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 I feel really stupid having to ask this here, but in what file is the
 TIMEZONE variable set?  My PC clock is set by ntp and it's not being
 updated for DST.  Wherever the variable is, it's not set.  I never
 updated it becuase I heard it wasn't actually being used yet, but I
 think if I set it my machine's time might get updated for DST.  I can't
 find the stupid variable though.  The one that replaces /etc/localtime.
 Can anyone help me out?

Here is what I did to update all my boxes for the DST change on March
11, thanks to the people who responded to my question on this topic
last week:

(1) Sync.

(2) emerge timezone-data (should be = 2006p)

(3) set TIMEZONE=Canada/Newfoundland in /etc/conf.d/clock (adjust
for your local time zone).

(4) rm /etc/localtime  cp /usr/share/zoneinfo/Canada/Newfoundland
/etc/localtime (adjust for your local time zone).

(5) Check: zdump -v /etc/localtime | grep 2007.
For timezone-data = 2007c it shows:

/etc/localtime  Sun Mar 11 03:30:59 2007 UTC = Sun Mar 11 00:00:59 2007 NST 
isdst=0
/etc/localtime  Sun Mar 11 03:31:00 2007 UTC = Sun Mar 11 01:01:00 2007 NDT 
isdst=1
/etc/localtime  Sun Nov  4 02:30:59 2007 UTC = Sun Nov  4 00:00:59 2007 NDT 
isdst=1
/etc/localtime  Sun Nov  4 02:31:00 2007 UTC = Sat Nov  3 23:01:00
2007 NST isdst=0

All my boxes are running on NDT correctly.

HTH,

Roger

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