This sounds like your box thinks that the clock is set to UTC (12-7 = 5 hours)
Take a look at the file:
/etc/sysconfig/clock
The contents should be like the following :
ARC=false
UTC=false
ZONE=America/Phoenix
Good luck,
KevinO
Lee Einer wrote:
>
> Hi, all-
>
> My clock does not work well under Mandrake 8.2. Each time I sign on, the
> time is either 5 hours ahead or 5 hours behind where it should be. I
> tried changing the time with the KDE gui. No dice. I can correct the
> time while under that session, but the next time I sign on, the clock
> exhibits the same problem. I checked hwclock, and verified that my
> hardware clock was keeping correct time. I tried re-setting the sytem
> time, and then doing hwclock --hctosys. No difference. I tried using the
> --localtime switch. No difference. I tried using the --utc switch.
> Again, no difference. Any insights as to how I can get this corrected?
>
>
>
> Lee Einer
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