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