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  • From: Ron Clarke <ariadne AT acepia.net.au>
  • To: baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [BL] System time under bl2
  • Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2004 07:25:41 +1100

Hi Folks,

On Wed, 18 Feb 2004 13:45:10 +1300
3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:

> On Wed, 18 Feb 2004, Ron Clarke wrote:
> >
> > Can anyone tell me how to set the system (date and) time under
> > BasicLinux 2.1 ?

> What you need is the correct zoneinfo file for your location.
> You will find it in /slakware/a16/zoneinfo.tgz
> For example, if you live in Sydney, your zoneinfo file
> is 785 bytes. Copy that file to /etc and rename it localtime
>
> That should work fine, but I think it assumes your system
> clock is on GMT (or something like that). So, I put an offset
> in /etc/rc.d/rc.S to get everything to work out exactly right:
> --------------------------
> date `date -u +%m%d%H%M%Y`
> --------------------------
> I did all this about a year ago, so I don't remember exactly
> why I needed that offset. But everything works perfectly now,
> including daylight saving time.

I did exactly the same, and now my clock is exactly correct. :)

Thanks.

Regards,
Ron


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