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| Newer page: | version 12 | Last edited on Saturday, October 4, 2003 4:23:37 am | by AristotlePagaltzis | Revert |
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Compare [GMT], [TAI].
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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,
+[Unix] systems and cousins traditionally store times as [UTC], and convert them according
to the local timezone settings only
for display. On a typical [Linux] machine
, __/etc/timezone__ contains the time zone (such as __Pacific/Auckland__), and __/etc/localtime__ is a SymLink to a binary file containing information on the
standard and the
daylight savings offset of that time zone
, as well instructions on
how to calculate when daylight savings is in effect. In the above-mentioned example it might look like this:
__/etc $__ ls -l localtime
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.
+The SuperUser
can use tzselect(1) 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]. Doing so and setting __UTC=yes__ is A Good Idea.
For more about setting up your machine's clock, see HowToClock and [NTP].
