On Sat, Sep 02, 2000 at 11:23:59PM -0400, Thomas J. Hamman wrote: > I should add in that the change is usually by 5 hours, which is my > timezone's offset from GMT, so I've been wondering if maybe I > accidentally picked the wrong setting concerning the hardware clock > being set to GMT during installation. I can't find where that setting > is configured though (and tzconfig doesn't include it).
Ahh, confusion about whether BIOS clock is in UTC or local time... Check /etc/default/rcS for the line "UTC=<yes|no>". I suggest yes, and set your timezone accordingly for localtime. Don't know if it matters, but if you have it, look at /proc/rtc. It should give you an indication of how the kernel thinks system time is (24hr, DST, etc...). This should agree with your BIOS. Also, is this a dual-boot Windows machine? That can be a factor. In fact, you might have to keep your system time in local time for them both to agree. To keep your time synchronized, chronyd is a nice tool for dial-ups. -- /bin/sh ~/.signature: Command not found
