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 > > Media Relations and Publishing Services > http://www.reedmedia.net/ > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss