Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2011 18:15:43 -0400 From: Tim Kellers <timothyk@wallnet.com> To: Alexander Kapshuk <alexander.kapshuk@gmail.com> Cc: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org>, "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: trouble setting timezone for ukraine Message-ID: <F7558AB2-306B-401E-BAFB-EA893A8971F4@wallnet.com> In-Reply-To: <4EB46E5C.2000107@gmail.com> References: <4EB44272.6060809@gmail.com> <44vcqzbrlu.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <20111104215321.5f9ca2eb@nonamehost.> <44r51nbq4p.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <4EB457C1.2070607@gmail.com> <44lirvbopw.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <4EB46E5C.2000107@gmail.com>
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On Nov 4, 2011, at 6:59 PM, Alexander Kapshuk <alexander.kapshuk@gmail.com> w= rote: > On 11/04/11 22:46, Lowell Gilbert wrote: >> Alexander Kapshuk<alexander.kapshuk@gmail.com> writes: >>=20 >>> the actual current time is 10.21 pm. >> Your system's clock may be off as well... >>=20 >>> any idea when an updated time zone file will become available? >> It's already in the FreeBSD tree: >> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/~checkout~/src/contrib/tzdata/europ= e?rev=3D1.7.2.2;content-type=3Dtext%2Fplain >>=20 >> To install it, you'll need something like >> # zic europe >> (where "europe" is the file from the URL above) >> and then tzsetup(8) should install the correct information. >>=20 >> Or you could update your system to anything after October 26. > thanks. >=20 > here's what i did based on my understanding of the instructions given abov= e: > # cd $HOME > # fetch -o europe http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/~checkout~/src/con= trib/tzdata/europe?rev=3D1.7.2.2;content-type=3Dtext%2Fplain > # zic europe > # tzsetup -r >=20 > :; date > Sat Nov 5 00:54:32 EET 2011 >=20 > the timezone did change from 'FET' to 'EET', but the time is still wrong b= y being 1 hour ahead of the actual ukraine time. >=20 > another thing i tried, which didn't seem to help was set these environment= variables in my /etc/rc.conf: > (as suggested here: http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=3D10276 [po= st # 6]) >=20 > ntpdate_enable=3D"YES" > ntpdate_flags=3D"-u -b" > ntpdate_hosts=3D"ua.pool.ntp.org" >=20 >=20 > i must be doing something wrong. just don't know what is it. >=20 > can anyone please suggest what it is i should be doing? >=20 > thanks. >=20 > sasha >=20 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.or= g" >=20 Try a different time server run directly from tithe command line as root: #ntpdate time.apple.com=20 And see if that changes the date result. Tim=
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