Date: Wed, 1 Sep 1999 21:16:40 +0100 From: Ben Smithurst <ben@scientia.demon.co.uk> To: Ryan Thompson <freebsd@sasknow.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Time zone problems (perhaps just with httpd?) Message-ID: <19990901211639.B7065@lithium.scientia.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9909011302080.4533-100000@sasknow.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9909011302080.4533-100000@sasknow.com>
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Ryan Thompson wrote:
> I HAVE set my time zone in rc.conf
Eh? Which option sets the time zone in there? What's wrong with just
doing `cp /usr/share/zoneinfo/{your time zone} /etc/localtime', like
everyone else does? (Well, I do, anyway.) Another way would be to use a
symbolic link (probably better that way, actually).
> BIOS time is set to my local time (CST).
Yuk. Still, whatever suits you. I think it's *much* nicer to set
the BIOS time to GMT, unless perhaps you're dual booting to another
operating system. If it's a FreeBSD-only machine, I find a GMT BIOS
clock nicer.
> However, certain programs seem to insist on reporting the time in GMT.
> Sendmail does, but, of course, that is rather normal :-).
Is it? Oh. I thought Sendmail reported the host's local time, but I don't
use Sendmail, so I could be wrong.
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