stephen wrote: > > I'm having a heck of a time getting my system time set correctly. > /etc/localtime is a symlink to the proper time zone. I've looked in > /etc/default/rcS and switched UTC from yes to no and back again. > And, I've read the man page for hwclock a few times. Still, > my system time is always six hours off. (For example, it's > 8:22pm right now, but my computer thinks it's 2:20pm.) > > Anybody have any pointers on this?
You're in Central USA, aren't you? :) ... which means your timezone is GMT -6 hours! This is no coincidence. When you installed you probably told it to set your clock to GMT/UTC. When you do this, the hardware clock is set to GMT and linux adds/subtracts the amount of time specified in your time zone file for use as the system clock. That's why your clock is 6 hours behind. You can either: 1. leave UTC set to yes, set your clock to GMT/UTC 2. set UTC to no and set your clock to localtime Option 1 is the best option if your system doesn't dual boot with Windows. Otherwise use option 2. Matthew
