Time zones

Mark Szidik - MLC szidikm@mlc.lib.mi.us
Mon, 7 Aug 2000 16:37:22 -0400 (EDT)


On 7 Aug 2000, Ben Pfaff wrote:

> "Daniel R . Kilbourne" <drk@netophilia.net> writes:
> 
> > type 'man date'  :)
> > 
> > you can use date to set it, although I forget exactly how.
> 
> Not with the version of date on my system at least.

Yeah, date wont set the TZ

 
> > or you can use 'timeconfig', although this may be a RedHat only utility

> Yes, the corresponding Debian utility is tzconfig, for instance.

This worked for me

 
> > I also believe 'hwclock' can be used...
> 
> Not really.  You can set the hwclock to either local time or UTC
> (== GMT), but it's not meant as a way to set your timezone.


Yeah, I read about hwclock and found the same.



Thanks to Dan and Ben.  My machine now thinks its in Michigan.

-Mark