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Subject: Re: date is wrong
Message-ID: <crt.749753498@tiamat.umd.umich.edu>
From: crt@tiamat.umd.umich.edu (Rob Shady)
Date: 4 Oct 1993 12:53:15 -0400
References: <28pa84$t24@Germany.EU.net> <28pc28$jub@genesis.ait.psu.edu>
Organization: Univerisity of Michigan - Dearborn
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>>I have a problem with the date (time, to be exact) on my machine.
>I have a similar problem.  I have recompiled the kernel, and I still
>can't get the date out of PST!
>Does anybody have any idea of how to get my date to display in EST?

Specifically, change the line in your config file that says 8 DST to
read 4 DST.  This setting is from Greenwich time, 4 being EST. ;) 
configure, recompile, install, reboot, etc.. Done!


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