On Sat, Sep 02, 2000 at 08:44:44PM -0700, Eric G . Miller wrote: > 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.
If you're dual-booting Linux and legacy MS Windows, you may also get a timeshift, as MS Windows assumes BIOS clock is local time, not UTC. -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://www.netcom.com/~kmself Evangelist, Opensales, Inc. http://www.opensales.org What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? Debian GNU/Linux rocks! http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ K5: http://www.kuro5hin.org GPG fingerprint: F932 8B25 5FDD 2528 D595 DC61 3847 889F 55F2 B9B0
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