On 02-Nov-2000 Kerstin Hoef-Emden wrote: > > Hi, > > until yet I could not find docs describing this procedure on an already > installed system. Where are changes necessary? I know that an entry in > /etc/default/rcS can be changed and afterwards settings have to be done > with hwclock, but is this all it needs? Besides that, I have no idea to > what time I have to set the CMOS clock to. I guess, GMT is something > valid for the whole world at the same time and the time zone is added? > >
GMT is the time in Greenwich England. It is 0000, all other timezones add or subtract from it. So, for me I am -0800, so I add 8 hours to get back to GMT time. tzconfig sets your systems timezone. hwclock sets your hardware clocks time until you can reboot and set it manually.
