> > Subject: > Re: mandrake clock > From: > "David Huerta" > Date: > Mon, 2 Dec 2002 22:19:21 -0700 (MST) > To: > > > > Is there any way to adjust this after the initial setup? > > >>FYI, I found out why the clock display on Mandrake was running 7 hours >>behind for me- apparently Mandrake Linux "wants" to display the time as >>Greenwich Mean Time. Consequently, if your system clock is set to local >>time, you must indicate at set up that it is set to GMTin order to >>display local time. If you indicate that your system clock is /not/ set >>to GMT, the software will make the necessary adjustment based on your >>locality so that the clock displays GMT anyway. >> >>Lee Einer >> have a look at: $ man hwclock That pretty much explains the whole thing -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ D. Fleming - azdf@cox.net http://www.az42.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~