Re: timezones and time setting

2001-12-02 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Sun, Dec 02, 2001 at 09:44:51AM +0100, J.H.M. Dassen (Ray) ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Sun, Dec 02, 2001 at 13:01:29 +1030, David Purton wrote: > > Is there a how-to or reference somewhere that explains the whole > > timezone/time stting thing? > > Not that I'm aware of. Some system admi

Re: timezones and time setting

2001-12-02 Thread J.H.M. Dassen \(Ray\)
On Sun, Dec 02, 2001 at 13:01:29 +1030, David Purton wrote: > Is there a how-to or reference somewhere that explains the whole > timezone/time stting thing? Not that I'm aware of. > There are lots of points which I don't quite follow... > > like when I should use the (numerous) various different

Re: timezones and time setting

2001-12-01 Thread David Purton
On Sun, 2 Dec 2001, Michael Jager wrote: > claiming to be David Purton, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > > FWIW, my bios clock is set to localtime (as occasionally I do boot to > > windows), my timezome is set (using tzconfig) to australia/adelaide, > > which is normally GMT -9:30, except at the mome

Re: timezones and time setting

2001-12-01 Thread Michael Jager
claiming to be David Purton, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > FWIW, my bios clock is set to localtime (as occasionally I do boot to > windows), my timezome is set (using tzconfig) to australia/adelaide, > which is normally GMT -9:30, except at the moment we are on daylight > saving time, so I guess it'

timezones and time setting

2001-12-01 Thread David Purton
Is there a how-to or reference somewhere that explains the whole timezone/time stting thing? There are lots of points which I don't quite follow... like when I should use the (numerous) various different commands for setting the time. Is linux supposed to automatically adjust for daylight savin