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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.mira.net.au!inquo!news.uoregon.edu!hunter.premier.net!news.mathworks.com!nntp.primenet.com!news.primenet.com!diamse From: Eleanor Diamse <diamse@primenet.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Subject: Re: correct timezone setting in kernal config? Date: 18 Jul 1996 10:35:02 -0700 Organization: Primenet (602)416-7000 Lines: 19 Message-ID: <4slsk6$guq@nnrp1.news.primenet.com> References: <839.6772T1276T1250@munich.netsurf.de> X-Posted-By: diamse@usr1.primenet.com Andreas E. Bombe <andreas.bombe@munich.netsurf.de> wrote: : Missed some parts of the FAQ in *.announce, so could ya please help... : I live in timezone MET DST currently. My hardware clock is set to : local time. But if I set MET DST to be the timezone in NetBSD, the : clock is presumed to be GMT and is 'fixed' so I get wrong times. I : know there is a timezone setting in the kernal configs, but I don't : what the number exactly represents (positive or negative fixes from : GMT), and compiling by trial and error just takes too long, so someone : help me please? don't mess with the kernel config timezone and DST stuff. Use the link between /etc/localtime and somewhere's like /usr/share/misc/timezones/Indiana or someplace like that... Hope that helps - email me if you need more info. ME