Date: Mon, 30 Sep 1996 13:06:18 -0600 From: "Mark O'Lear" <Mark.Olear@Colorado.EDU> To: David Nugent <davidn@sdev.blaze.net.au> Cc: FreeBSD-questions Mailing List <questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Timezone Message-ID: <32501A2A.4CEF@Colorado.EDU> References: <Pine.BSF.3.95.960930113248.1843E-100000@sdev.blaze.net.au>
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David Nugent wrote: > > Here's a curley one. > > Currently, my FreeBSD system runs without timezones, since the > CMOS clock is local time. This seems to work fine in most > respects (internally) until we start interacting with the outside > world. For example, the timezone on this email is probably +0000, > which is incorrect. And another effect is that a network > date/time ntp corrector I went to install today is also the > expected 10 hours wrong. > > Yes, I know how to install the correct timzone (just create the > link). But the problem is that since FreeBSD isn't the only OS I > run, I don't really want to have to change the CMOS time every > time I change operating systems where the CMOS is expected to be > local time. > > Is there a happy medium? Linux, for example, had no problem with > this. > > I'm running FreeBSD-(almost)-current, if that helps. > > Regards, > David > > David Nugent, Unique Computing Pty Ltd - Melbourne, Australia > Voice +61-3-791-9547 Data/BBS +61-3-792-3507 3:632/348@fidonet > davidn@blaze.net.au http://www.blaze.net.au/~davidn You might want to read the adjkerntz(8) man page. I have it working at home, but I'm not there now, so I can't check what I have in my /etc/rc file. Let me know if you need me to post the settings I'm using at home (it'll probably take me a few days though). -- Mark O'Lear \ e-mail: Mark.Olear@Colorado.EDU University of Colorado \ phone: (303) 492-3798 Telecomm. Svcs. (CB 313) \ fax: (303) 492-5105 Boulder, CO 80309 \
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