Re: Setting time zone

From: bwinter (bwinter_at_acornpacket.com)
Date: 06/28/05

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    Truls,

    Here is a short howto that I put together last year if you want to
    adjust your timezone from the command line:

    === START ============

    These are instruction for changing the timezone of a linux computer
    from the command line. You must have root privileges.

    In order to get the particular zone you wish you must locate and
    record the path of the file within the directory /usr/share/zoneinfo/
    that has the filename which best describes the desired timezone. Some
    common examples which you may use are:

         /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/New_York
         /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Los_Angeles
         /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/London
         /usr/share/zoneinfo/Asia/Bahrain
         /usr/share/zoneinfo/UTC

    Next Vi the file /etc/sysconfig/clock. It will look something like this:

         ZONE="America/New_York"
         UTC=true
         ARC=false

    Set the ZONE variable to the file path you selected, leaving off the
    path root of “/usr/share/zoneinfo/”. Leave UTC set to true, it should
    only be set to false on dual boot machines with Windows installed. The
    ARC option is relevant to Alpha machines only, should be set to false
    here. It indicates the ARC console's 42-year time offset is in
    effect. If not set to true, the normal Unix epoch is assumed. Save and
    exit out of Vi.

    Now you need to link the file /etc/localtime to the selected zoneinfo
    file:

         [root@ctpview]# ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/New_York
    /etc/localtime

    The last step is to reboot the server:

         [root@ctpview]# shutdown -r now

    You can check the new settings with:

         [root@ctpview]# date
         Fri Apr 8 09:50:49 EDT 2005

    == END ============

    --Bob

    Truls Gulbrandsen wrote:
    > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
    >
    > Hi,
    > can someone please assist me in setting the correct time zone.
    >
    > Regards,
    > Truls 

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