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Date:      Mon, 28 Mar 2011 16:43:12 +1030
From:      "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
To:        Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com>
Cc:        freebsd-current Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: tzsetup disregards setting TZ to UTC
Message-ID:  <E152A83A-79BD-49DF-A565-4F09C489DBD6@gsoft.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTina75LmxFNctQEMtRmpU3dQEKaHYEAKZ7v1BaK7@mail.gmail.com>
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On 28/03/2011, at 15:59, Eitan Adler wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 12:19 AM, Daniel O'Connor =
<doconnor@gsoft.com.au> wrote:
>> Hi,
>> I am trying the new installer and I find that it still asks you for a =
time zone even if you answer Yes to using UTC.
>=20
> tzsetup(1) is not asking if you wish to use UTC, It is asking if your
> local CMOS clock is set to UTC time. There is a subtle difference. See
> adjkerntz(8) for more details.

Ahh I think I understand.

So I answer yes or no then hit Cancel to use UTC.

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