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| Newer page: | version 11 | Last edited on Saturday, October 4, 2003 12:50:12 am | by AristotlePagaltzis | Revert |
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[Unix] systems and cousins traditionally store times as [UTC], and only convert it to the local timezone for display using the system's settings. On a typical [Linux] operating system, __/etc/timezone__ contains the time zone (such as __Pacific/Auckland__), and __/etc/localtime__ is a SymLink to a binary file containing information on your standard offset, your daylight savings offset, and how to calculate when daylight savings is in effect. F.ex,
__/etc $__ ls -l localtime
- lrwxrwxrwx 1 root
root
33 Apr 22 00:19 __localtime__ -> __/usr/share/zoneinfo/Pacific/Auckland__
+ lrwxrwxrwx 1 root
root
33 Apr 22 00:19 __localtime__ -> __/usr/share/zoneinfo/Pacific/Auckland__
You can use the tzselect(1) program (as root) to change these settings.
-Also, __/etc/default/rcS__ ''(AddToMe: not on [Slackware]; which distro?)'' contains a __UTC__ variable to tell your [Kernel] whether or not your hardware clock is set to [UTC] or to your localtime
. Setting
__UTC=yes__ and having your hardware clock running in [UTC]
is generally a good idea
.
+Also, __/etc/default/rcS__ ''(AddToMe: not on [Slackware]; which distro?)'' contains a __UTC__ variable to tell your [Kernel] whether or not your hardware clock is set to [UTC]. Doing so and setting
__UTC=yes__ is A Good Idea
.
For more about setting up your machine's clock, see HowToClock and [NTP].
