clock

[David Fleming]

> 
> Subject:
> Re: mandrake clock
> From:
> "David Huerta" <phoenix1@dcdi.net>
> Date:
> Mon, 2 Dec 2002 22:19:21 -0700 (MST)
> To:
> <plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
> 
> 
> 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

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