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Date:      Tue, 22 Aug 2006 22:03:19 -0700
From:      "jdow" <jdow@earthlink.net>
To:        <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Time zone isn't displaying right one with 'tzsetup'
Message-ID:  <10fb01c6c671$76eebf80$0225a8c0@Wednesday>
References:  <68E7556C-F8C5-444D-8C8F-5C3AF3F2054A@rawb.net>

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From: "Robert Gabaree" <lists@rawb.net>

> Hi,
> 
> I tried to update my new server to the new time zone by running  
> 'tzsetup' and selecting Eastern.  However, instead of showing 11:45,  
> it shows 6:45 - 5 hours later.  I even tried to do a 'cp /usr/share/ 
> zoneinfo/EST5EDT /etc/localtime" but it didn't help.  What can I do  
> to fix it?

What time does your BIOS say? And did you tell Linux which time zone
the BIOS thinks it is in?

There is a UTC=true or UTC=false line in /etc/sysconfig/clock you
might investigate.

{^_^}



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