Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2001 23:43:42 +0100 From: Cliff Sarginson <cliff@raggedclown.net> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Timezone question regarding UTC with no timezone Message-ID: <20011029234342.C1617@raggedclown.net> In-Reply-To: <20011029151559.A12295@tao.thought.org>; from kline@tao.thought.org on Mon, Oct 29, 2001 at 03:15:59PM -0800 References: <3BC15DCD.E9310EE5@optusnet.com.au> <20011030091928.C592@jonc.itouch> <20011029151559.A12295@tao.thought.org>
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On Mon, Oct 29, 2001 at 03:15:59PM -0800, Gary Kline wrote: > On Tue, Oct 30, 2001 at 09:19:28AM +1300, Jonathan Chen wrote: > > On Mon, Oct 08, 2001 at 06:03:25PM +1000, cooperdm wrote: > > > I would like to configre BSD4.2 so that the machines CMOS clock is set > > > to UTC and does not experience any DST changes, is there a particular > > > time zone setting for this? > > > When I run tzsetup I select yes to "Is this machines Cmos clock set to > > > UTC" but what time zone do I select to not be affected by DST and how > > > would I change it if I have already selected a timezone. > > > > Try the GMT timezone. You can update your machine's by: > > > > # cp /usr/share/zoneinfo/GMT /etc/localtime > > Just a teensy little point here.. completely irrelevant, but technically GMT is not a time-zone. It is a reference time at a line on the ground in Greenwich in London. -- Regards (pedantically) Cliff To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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