Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2001 06:38:23 -0500 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: "G D McKee" <freebsd@gdmckee.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: GMT & BST Message-ID: <15051.1967.894096.128029@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <003101c0bcf1$9d027ca0$0500a8c0@gdmckee.local> References: <15049.33337.990843.844118@guru.mired.org> <003101c0bcf1$9d027ca0$0500a8c0@gdmckee.local>
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G D McKee <freebsd@gdmckee.com> types: > Hi > > Sorry - BST is for British Summer Time. > > I run a cron every date to sync the time - the command is - > /usr/sbin/ntpdate -B -p 8 -s ntp.demon.co.uk. > > Done the tzsetup bit okay > > Cron file looks as follows > # time zone change adjustment for wall cmos clock, > # does nothing, if you have UTC cmos clock. > # See adjkerntz(8) for details. > 15,31 0-5 * * * root adjkerntz -a > > Were would I put the other switch in? At the top of the file, where it sets the other variables - like SHELL, PATH and HOME. Just set TZ there. Though it looks like you've thrown out most of the cron file. <mike > When I say adapt to BST I mean all the log files print out in BST time and > not GMT(UTC). > > Gordon > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mike Meyer" <mwm@mired.org> > To: "G D McKee" <freebsd@gdmckee.com> > Cc: <questions@freebsd.org> > Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 8:56 AM > Subject: Re: GMT & BST > > > > G D McKee <freebsd@gdmckee.com> types: > > > Hi > > > > > > I have my PC clock set to GMT and the system then changes the time > > > automatically to BST when it starts and stops. The problem is cron > still > > > uses GMT whilst the system 'date' command gives the time in BST. > > > > Are you really changing the date on the clock, or have you just used > > tzsetup to create /etc/localtime with your timezone info? If you > > haven't done the latter, you should do it now, and just leave the > > system clock at UTC. > > > > > How can I get cron to adapt to BST and not run in GMT all year round? > > > > Exactly what do you mean by "adapt to BST"? If you just want it to > > report BST instead of GMT and have set the system clock is set to GMT, > > try setting the TZ variable in /etc/crontab. The system doesn't > > reconize BST, but you can set it to the offset from GMT. > > > > If you mean something else, you'll need to explain exactly what you > > mean. > > > > > > <mike > > -- > > Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ > > Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more > information. > > > > > > -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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