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To: grog@lemis.de (Greg Lehey)
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Subject: Re: timezone problem 
In-reply-to: Your message of Sat, 01 Feb 1997 13:48:40 +0100.
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Date: Sat, 01 Feb 1997 11:09:43 -0700
From: Phil Humpherys <humphery@beagle.imall.com>
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Greg,

I tried exactly what you suggested below, and it didn't work.


On Sat, 1 Feb 1997 13:48:40 +0100 (MET) Greg Lehey writes
+--------------------
| Phil Humpherys writes:
| >
| > I installed 2.2-BETA, and during the install, i set my timezone to be
| > MST.  But my system thinks that the system clock is GMT...  HOw do i
| > fix this?
| 
| I'm guessing you're used to System V, where time zones are an idea in
| the mind of the environment.  In FreeBSD, they're determined by the
| contents of the file /etc/localtime.  To set up your local time zone,
| do:
| 
| 1.  If "MST" is an abbreviation for "Mountain Standard Time", copy the
|     contents of /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Denver to /etc/localtime.
| 
| 2.  If "MST" is an abbreviation for "Middle European Summer Time",
|     copy the contents of /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Berlin to
|     /etc/localtime.
| 
| /etc/localtime also takes care of daylight savings time transitions.
| No work required.
| 
| Greg
| 


-pH

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