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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!vic.news.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!psgrain!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!news-res.gsl.net!news.gsl.net!news.mathworks.com!nntp.primenet.com!uucp.primenet.com!news.typo.org!web From: BOFH <web@typo.org> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: /etc/localtime? Date: 23 Jul 1996 08:20:31 GMT Organization: typo.org Lines: 12 Message-ID: <4t220f$ruc@typo.org> References: <4sasqr$3v8@pelican.unf.edu> <SCOTT.96Jul16123810@crux.dcs.qmw.ac.uk> <4si92r$e6h@typo.org> <4snqc7$aa@anorak.coverform.lan> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.primenet.com Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> wrote: : BOFH (web@typo.org) wrote: : : rm /etc/localtime : : ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/US/Eastern /etc/localtime : And don't forget to re-boot. Um, no? Just rdate to some machine or use ntpdate to adjust the offset. rebooting does nothing to sync the clock.