Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      Sat, 23 Oct 1999 09:17:24 +0100
From:      Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org>
To:        Shawn Ramsey <shawn@megadeth.org>
Cc:        Jeff Gray <jwg@netbox.com>, Shawn Ramsey <shawn@cpl.net>, questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: TIme Zone?
Message-ID:  <19991023091724.B6233@marder-1>
In-Reply-To: <37C0A6B7.57425CEB@megadeth.org>
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.9910221142190.22894-100000@cm-24-142-61-16.cableco-op.ispchannel.com> <37C0A6B7.57425CEB@megadeth.org>

next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Sun, Aug 22, 1999 at 06:41:11PM -0700, Shawn Ramsey wrote:
> > setenv TZ GMT
> >   look at the directory /usr/share/zoneinfo for the list of valid
> >   time zones.
> > 
> > After you set the TZ you will have to reset the date,
> >    date 1422   to get 2:22 pm in the new TZ
> > 
> > My suggestion is to,
> > 
> > a) change the TZ in the root enviornment.
> > 
> > b) update your /etc/rc.conf file with ntpdate
> >    by adding
> > 
> > ntpdate_flags="valid_timeserver"
> > ntpdate_enable="YES"
> > 
> > get the timeserver from man ntpdate
> 
> That did the trick. xntpd seems to work better though, which is what we
> use to keep time synched on all FreeBSD boxes.
> 

Subject: Re: TIme Zone?
From: Shawn Ramsey <shawn@megadeth.org>
Date: Sun, 22 Aug 1999 18:41:11 -0700
      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
To: Jeff Gray <jwg@netbox.com>
Cc: Shawn Ramsey <shawn@cpl.net>, questions@freebsd.org

Hmm, didn't work *that* well ;-)

> 
> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
> with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message

-- 
STATE-OF-THE-ART: Any computer you can't afford.
OBSOLETE: Any computer you own.
________________________________________________________________
      FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org
      My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark/
mailto:mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org              http://www.radan.com



To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message




Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?19991023091724.B6233>