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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.hawaii.edu!ames!news.larc.nasa.gov!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!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: 26 Jul 1996 21:52:37 GMT Organization: typo.org Lines: 20 Message-ID: <4tben5$1tf@typo.org> References: <4sasqr$3v8@pelican.unf.edu> <SCOTT.96Jul16123810@crux.dcs.qmw.ac.uk> <4si92r$e6h@typo.org> <4snqc7$aa@anorak.coverform.lan> <4t220f$ruc@typo.org> <4t5i60$dh@anorak.coverform.lan> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.primenet.com Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> wrote: : BOFH (web@typo.org) wrote: : : 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. : But what about processes like cron ? They'll skip a few hours or repeat a bit of time and go on about their merry business (either way).