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bjlockie
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 Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2005 10:29 pm Post subject: setting local timezone |
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# ls -l /etc/localtime
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 34 Nov 6 05:19 /etc/localtime -> /usr/share/zoneinfo/Canada/Eastern
# uname -a
Linux localhost 2.6.13.3 #1 Sat Oct 8 23:09:32 Local time zone must be set--see zic manua x86_64 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3000+ AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux
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cyrillic
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The output of "uname -a" shows the settings that were in effect when the kernel was compiled, so you will need to recompile the kernel to change what uname shows.
The good news is that this is only cosmetic. You should wait to recompile the kernel until you actually need to. |
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bjlockie
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It is not showing what I expect for a time.
$ date
Mon Nov 7 00:26:41 UTC 2005
It should be EST instead of UTC? |
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Frodg
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See Cyrillic's previous post
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bjlockie
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| Frodg wrote: | | See Cyrillic's previous post |
If it is only cosmetic then why is the time correct in Windows OR Linux but never both at the same time?
I am positive that the timezone is set for Windows. |
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Titeuf
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| Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2005 11:10 am Post subject: |
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| bjlockie wrote: | | Frodg wrote: | | See Cyrillic's previous post |
If it is only cosmetic then why is the time correct in Windows OR Linux but never both at the same time?
I am positive that the timezone is set for Windows. |
It can be that the time in gentoo is set to UTC time: gentoo stores the time as UTC in the bios, whereas windows as EST.
From the installation handbook:
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Gentoo uses /etc/conf.d/clock to set clock options. Edit it according to your needs.
Code Listing 26: Opening /etc/conf.d/clock
# nano -w /etc/conf.d/clock
If your hardware clock is not using UTC, you need to add CLOCK="local" to the file. Otherwise you will notice some clock skew. Furthermore, Windows assumes that your hardware clock uses local time, so if you want to dualboot, you should set this variable appropriately, otherwise your clock will go crazy.
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nixnut
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Moved from Installing Gentoo to Other Things Gentoo
not an installation problem.
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