Setting clock to local time

[John Seth]

Like Jeremy I have /etc/localtime symlink'd to 
/usr/share/zoneinfo/US/Arizona (Slackware machine).  However, I have a 
script in my /etc/cron.weekly that I created:

--- cut ---
#!/bin/bash

if [ -x /usr/sbin/ntpdate ]
  then
    /usr/sbin/ntpdate -t 20 clock.via.net
fi

if [ -x /sbin/hwclock ]
  then
    hwclock --adjust
    hwclock --systohc
fi
--- end ---

Cut & paste that into a file, chmod 755... then insert it into your 
crontab (varies slightly by distro) so that it runs once a week.

 Hope that helps,

      Tony Evans




Jeremy C. Reed wrote:
> On Wed, 30 Nov 2005, Siri Amrit Kaur wrote:
>
>> hwclock --show currently gives me 22:34
>>
>> How do I set the system to local time?
>
> Hi Siri,
>
> I have a symlink at /etc/localtime that points to my local timezone file.
>
> You can create (for your timezone) like:
>
>   ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Phoenix /etc/localtime
>
> Then use:
>
>   date 12011443
>   hwclock --systohc
>
> The format of the date command is MMDDhhmm (Month, Day, Hour, Minute). 
> Replace with your correct hour and minute.
>
>  Jeremy C. Reed
>
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