Re: GMT vs UTC

2007-11-08 Thread Stefan Monnier
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

Re: GMT vs UTC

2007-11-03 Thread Marcelo Chiapparini
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?

Re: GMT vs UTC

2007-11-02 Thread Celejar
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

Re: GMT vs UTC

2007-11-02 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
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

GMT vs UTC

2007-11-02 Thread Marcelo Chiapparini
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

Re: GMT vs UTC

2007-11-02 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
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

Re: GMT vs UTC

2007-11-02 Thread Elimar Riesebieter
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!

Re: GMT vs UTC

2007-11-02 Thread Celejar
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? $

Re: GMT vs UTC

2007-11-02 Thread Elimar Riesebieter
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