Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2011 21:53:21 +0200 From: Ivan Klymenko <fidaj@ukr.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org, Alexander Kapshuk <alexander.kapshuk@gmail.com> Subject: Re: trouble setting timezone for ukraine Message-ID: <20111104215321.5f9ca2eb@nonamehost.> In-Reply-To: <44vcqzbrlu.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> References: <4EB44272.6060809@gmail.com> <44vcqzbrlu.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
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=D0=92 Fri, 04 Nov 2011 15:43:57 -0400 Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> =D0=BF=D0=B8=D1=88= =D0=B5=D1=82: > Alexander Kapshuk <alexander.kapshuk@gmail.com> writes: >=20 > > i'm based in ukraine. on 29 Oct 2011 ukraine went to winter time, > > i.e. we put our clocks one hour back. > > > > the current time in ukraine is 8.49 pm; the output of 'date' is: > > > > :; date > > Fri Nov 4 22:49:48 FET 2011 > > > > i tried resetting my timezone via 'sysinstall', but to no avail. > > > > do i use 'date' to set my system time to the right time, or is > > there a better way of doing it? > > > > :; uname -a > > FreeBSD localhost 9.0-RC1 FreeBSD 9.0-RC1 #0: Tue Oct 18 18:30:38 > > UTC 2011 > > root@obrian.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 >=20 > I think that your government changed its mind about staying on > standard time this year, but only did so at the last minute. So you > probably have an outdated timezone file. That would lead the > computer to be one hour late rather than two, but it's probably a > change you need to make. Also check the system's time in UTC to see > whether the clock itself is off. run tzsetup...
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