> On Mon, 21 Jul 1997 18:00:57 -0400, Paul Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > > > I installed xntp the other day and it sets my time an hour behind the > > actual time.. when I type 'date -R' is says my time zone is -0500 > > which is correct (EST)... > > I don't know the cause of your problem, but -0500 isn't correct for > Eastern time. Since daylight savings is in effect now it should be > saying -0400 (and date -R does say that here, where I've also got xntp > running). >
EST is always -0500, EDT is -0400. I live in one of those strange places that doesn't use daylight savings, so I'm always on EST. Paul's /etc/timezone should probably be US/East. (mine is US/East-Indiana) Hope this helps > What is in your /etc/timezone file? > > -- > Roderick Schertler > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > ---------------------------------------------------------------- "Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine." Rob MacWilliams [EMAIL PROTECTED] N9NPU -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .