Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 07:59:27 -0400 From: John Turner <john@drexeltech.com> To: David McNett <nugget@slacker.com>, Paul Herman <pherman@frenchfries.net> Cc: cjclark@alum.mit.edu, John Turner <john@drexeltech.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How to force GMT/UTC Message-ID: <4.3.2.7.0.20000906075811.00b1c4d8@mail.johnturner.com> In-Reply-To: <20000906034006.B62094@dazed.slacker.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0009060951340.274-100000@bagabeedaboo.security.at12.de> <20000905234426.D69158@149.211.6.64.reflexcom.com> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0009060951340.274-100000@bagabeedaboo.security.at12.de>
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At 03:40 AM 9/6/2000 -0500, David McNett wrote: >Perhaps the more signifigant issue is that NTP, the protocol we all >(presumably) use to keep our clocks synchronized is UTC-based. If >you're relying on netdate, or ntpd, or xntpd or any equivalent method >to keep your system clock synchronized, then you are UTC-synced, and >not GMT. Good info, thanks!! I want UTC then. It has to be as precise as possible using conventionally available resources. Thanks for the reply. - John Turner To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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