Return to BSD News archive
Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!mips!mips!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!rutgers!spcvxb.spc.edu!terry From: terry@spcvxb.spc.edu (Terry Kennedy, Operations Mgr.) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: Date problem! Message-ID: <1992Jul20.065410.3329@spcvxb.spc.edu> Date: 20 Jul 92 10:54:10 GMT References: <QeOYGKu00WB3E8k0Rx@andrew.cmu.edu> Organization: St. Peter's College, US Lines: 16 In article <QeOYGKu00WB3E8k0Rx@andrew.cmu.edu>, tj2n+@andrew.cmu.edu (Tao Jiang) writes: > One proble is that no mater how I changed the timezone definition in > the config file (as SUMNER), the date command gave me the same time which > was not the east time. (two hours later of east time. say if the > east time is 21:0:0, then the date gives me 19:0:0 with PDT 'NOT' EDT), > any one has clues? A quick glance shows that nothing uses the timezone in the config file. You need to link /etc/localtime to /usr/share/zoneinfo/US/Eastern. Also note that if you're in EDT (which you are) that the PC's CMOS clock needs to be set an hour back to compensate. Last, remember that the 'date' com- mand doesn't set the CMOS date/time. Terry Kennedy Operations Manager, Academic Computing terry@spcvxa.bitnet St. Peter's College, Jersey City, NJ USA terry@spcvxa.spc.edu +1 201 915 9381