Re: GMT vs UTC

2007-11-08 Thread Stefan Monnier
> Note that while there is a difference between GMT and UTC, mostly > computers are set to GMT. The "M" is for Mean time which smooths over > leap seconds that occur in UTC due to the jitter of the earth's > rotation. Check wikipedia for a more precise answer. Note, however, > that its unlikely

Re: GMT vs UTC

2007-11-03 Thread Marcelo Chiapparini
On Fri, 2007-11-02 at 14:57 -0400, Celejar wrote: > On Fri, 02 Nov 2007 16:49:10 -0300 > Marcelo Chiapparini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi! > > > > I am running etch. How can I know if the clock is set to GMT or UTC. And > > Try 'grep UTC /etc/default/rcS' > > > how can I switch from one

Re: GMT vs UTC

2007-11-02 Thread Elimar Riesebieter
On Fri, 02 Nov 2007 the mental interface of Celejar told: > On Fri, 2 Nov 2007 19:58:30 +0100 > Elimar Riesebieter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Fri, 02 Nov 2007 the mental interface of > > Marcelo Chiapparini told: > > > > > Hi! > > > > > > I am running etch. How can I know if the clock

Re: GMT vs UTC

2007-11-02 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Fri, Nov 02, 2007 at 04:49:10PM -0300, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: > > I am running etch. How can I know if the clock is set to GMT or UTC. And > how can I switch from one to another? > Do you mean is your hardware clock set to GMT/UTC or localtime during install? Go to VT2 and type date. If

Re: GMT vs UTC

2007-11-02 Thread Celejar
On Fri, 2 Nov 2007 19:58:30 +0100 Elimar Riesebieter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 02 Nov 2007 the mental interface of > Marcelo Chiapparini told: > > > Hi! > > > > I am running etch. How can I know if the clock is set to GMT or UTC. > > $ date > > > And > > how can I switch from one t

Re: GMT vs UTC

2007-11-02 Thread Elimar Riesebieter
On Fri, 02 Nov 2007 the mental interface of Marcelo Chiapparini told: > Hi! > > I am running etch. How can I know if the clock is set to GMT or UTC. $ date > And > how can I switch from one to another? $ date -u $ man 1 date Elimar -- The path to source is always uphill!

Re: GMT vs UTC

2007-11-02 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Fri, Nov 02, 2007 at 04:49:10PM -0300, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: > Hi! > > I am running etch. How can I know if the clock is set to GMT or UTC. And > how can I switch from one to another? umm... aren't they the same thing? at least practically speaking? A signature.asc Description: Digita

Re: GMT vs UTC

2007-11-02 Thread Celejar
On Fri, 02 Nov 2007 16:49:10 -0300 Marcelo Chiapparini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi! > > I am running etch. How can I know if the clock is set to GMT or UTC. And Try 'grep UTC /etc/default/rcS' > how can I switch from one to another? Read the UTC section of 'man rcS'. > Thanks in advance >

GMT vs UTC

2007-11-02 Thread Marcelo Chiapparini
Hi! I am running etch. How can I know if the clock is set to GMT or UTC. And how can I switch from one to another? Thanks in advance Marcelo -- Marcelo Chiapparini [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTE