Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2005 22:27:49 -0700 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: Peter Jeremy <PeterJeremy@optushome.com.au> Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6.0 cron is running on GMT Message-ID: <6.2.5.6.2.20051126222514.085ac738@lariat.org> In-Reply-To: <20051127041452.GE27757@cirb503493.alcatel.com.au> References: <200511260118.SAA20596@lariat.net> <Pine.LNX.4.53.0511251816200.27754@regurgitate.ugcs.caltech.edu> <6.2.5.6.2.20051126150622.0843d3e0@lariat.org> <20051127041452.GE27757@cirb503493.alcatel.com.au>
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At 09:14 PM 11/26/2005, Peter Jeremy wrote: >On Sat, 2005-Nov-26 15:07:26 -0700, Brett Glass wrote: >>By the way, the "date" command does report the correct time. It's cron >>that seems to be getting the time wrong. > >You haven't accidently created a line that looks like 'TZ=' in the >crontab have you? Nope. >Is this affecting all users or just one? All. I am wondering if I shouldn't just redo everything in the system that has to do with time zones and time keeping (deleting files and re-creating them if need be), reboot, and see what happens. I've never seen a good explanation of all of the sysctl variables, environment variables, files, etc. that control it, especially since (as I understand it) the responsibility has been shifted from the kernel to libraries. Is there a summary out there? --Brett Glass
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