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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
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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