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Date:      Tue, 30 Oct 2001 09:19:28 +1300
From:      Jonathan Chen <jonathan.chen@itouch.co.nz>
To:        cooperdm <cooperdm@optusnet.com.au>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Timezone question regarding UTC with no timezone
Message-ID:  <20011030091928.C592@jonc.itouch>
In-Reply-To: <3BC15DCD.E9310EE5@optusnet.com.au>; from cooperdm@optusnet.com.au on Mon, Oct 08, 2001 at 06:03:25PM %2B1000
References:  <3BC15DCD.E9310EE5@optusnet.com.au>

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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

There's quite a few in /usr/share/zoneinfo, pick and choose.

Cheers.
-- 
Jonathan Chen <jonathan.chen@itouch.co.nz>
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