I haven't taken the time to look for a non-Red Hat solution, but I hope this 
helps.  I had the same problem, and nothing I could find under X could fix it 
for me.  Under 'setup' from command line as root, go to 'TimeZone Config', 
there is a box entitled "Hardware clock is set to GMT".  Uncheck that, (or 
conversely set your HW clock to GMT if thats what you would prefer) make sure 
your HW clock is set to Phoenix time, and then specify the correct time zones 
in linux (like you should, no tricks here).  The fact that it is 7 hours off 
means that your system believes the HW clock is set to GMT and is adjusting 
itself accordingly when you specify another timezone (Phx).  I figure this 
functionality is for people who change TZs regularly and need a constant to 
work with.  It's just a pain in the ass for us non-jet setter types =)

Kyle Faber
EMR Data Services.
kyle@emr.net


On Tuesday 08 October 2002 05:39 pm, Lee Einer wrote:
> Hi, Lee-
>
> I run Mandrake 8.2, and I had the same problem. I got a variety of
> answers as to how to fix- none worked for me. Being essentially a lazy
> man, I finally settled for the following:
>
> 1)Right-clicked on the system time in KDE and selected the option to
> update the time.
> 2)Set the time 7 hours ahead of Phoenix time.
> 3) Opened a terminal, logged on as SU, then
> 4) hwclock --systohc
>
> I now have the correct time displaying. It does not change when I log
> off and then back on, as it did in the past. I do have to repeat the
> procedure when I reboot, though.
>
> Lee Einer
>
> Lee Levine wrote:
> >Hi,
> >
> >	I'm having a minor(?) problem with my system clock.
> >For some unknow reason, my computer thinks that America/Phoenix
> >is in the GMT timezone instead of MST.
> >
> >Can somebody tell me how to correct this please?
> >I tried using the control panel, but that didn't help.
> >
> >Thanks
> >
> >
> >
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