Yes I do :) But how? The system does not have any of the wounderfull system-confg tools /etc/local time is not a copy or link to any of the files in /usr/share/zoneinformation and date -u does not work globally, etc, etc, etc, -----Original Message----- From: plug-discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us [mailto:plug-discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On Behalf Of Craig White Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2008 9:50 PM To: Main PLUG discussion list Subject: Re: ****RE: ****RE: ****Changing the Time Zone sounds as if you want to set the time zone to GMT Craig On Tue, 2008-09-16 at 21:46 -0700, Bryan O'Neal wrote: > The hardware clock is already set to UTC, but the OS has a global offset > of -7 hours set by a time zone. I wish to set the time zone to UTC so > there is no diferance between the hardware clock and the system clock > and they both are UTC. > > -----Original Message----- > From: plug-discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > [mailto:plug-discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On Behalf Of > Craig White > Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2008 8:49 PM > To: Main PLUG discussion list > Subject: Re: ****RE: ****Changing the Time Zone > > On Tue, 2008-09-16 at 20:41 -0700, Bryan O'Neal wrote: > > The date command only changes the time for the user, I was hoping for > a > > global alteration. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: plug-discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > [mailto:plug-discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On Behalf Of > > Craig White > > Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2008 8:19 PM > > To: Main PLUG discussion list > > Subject: RE: ****Changing the Time Zone > > > > On Tue, 2008-09-16 at 19:55 -0700, Bryan O'Neal wrote: > > > The hardware clock is already set to UTC. I realize that I could > set > > it > > > forward 7 hours and have my timezone set it back seven but that is > > > nasty. Unless you can use this somehow with hctosys to not only set > > the > > > time but also change the time zone... Though the man does mention > the > > > command tzset, and that looks promising. I will let you know. > > ---- > > fwiw, I typically use 'date' command to set the time/date and then > > hwclock --systohc to set the hardware clock but I don't know if > setting > > the timezone or utc functions through these commands makes a permanent > > change. > ---- > you're not tracking...the date command sets the date/time in a user > console but the hwclock command with --systohc writes that to the > hardware clock. > > Craig > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your 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 your 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 your 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 your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss