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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!caen!usenet.cis.ufl.edu!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!MathWorks.Com!yeshua.marcam.com!charnel.ecst.csuchico.edu!olivea!grapevine.lcs.mit.edu!ginger.lcs.mit.edu!wollman From: wollman@ginger.lcs.mit.edu (Garrett Wollman) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: Setting Central Time in FreeBSD Date: 14 Oct 1994 21:45:43 GMT Organization: MIT Laboratory for Computer Science Lines: 29 Message-ID: <37mu67$no7@GRAPEVINE.LCS.MIT.EDU> References: <37kfdd$gbh@uc.msc.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: ginger.lcs.mit.edu In article <37kfdd$gbh@uc.msc.edu>, John Boggs <jboggs@seq.hamline.edu> wrote: > >I'm surprised this isn't in the FAQ, since I can't find it in the >documentation. I want to set my machine so that it has the time in >CST/CDT instead of GMT. You don't specify which version of FreeBSD you are using. For version 1.0: rm -f /etc/localtime cp /usr/share/zoneinfo/US/Central /etc/localtime For versions 1.1 and 1.1.5[.1]: rm -f /etc/localtime cp /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Chicago /etc/localtime For version 2.0 (when it comes out): tzsetup -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | Shashish is simple, it's discreet, it's brief. ... wollman@lcs.mit.edu | Shashish is the bonding of hearts in spite of distance. Opinions not those of| It is a bond more powerful than absence. We like people MIT, LCS, ANA, or NSA| who like Shashish. - Claude McKenzie + Florent Vollant