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Date:      Wed, 9 Jun 2004 10:55:21 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com>
To:        John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
Subject:   Re: Default time zone setting
Message-ID:  <20040609104618.N41021@carver.gumbysoft.com>
In-Reply-To: <200406091250.28272.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <20040609115036.GD3046@electra.cse.Buffalo.EDU> <200406091558.i59Fw1PI052371@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> <Pine.BSF.4.53.0406091603290.62813@e0-0.zab2.int.zabbadoz.net> <200406091250.28272.jhb@FreeBSD.org>

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On Wed, 9 Jun 2004, John Baldwin wrote:

> > I know how to do this but sysinstall uses tzsetup. So when installing
> > releases from CD on new machines it is not possible to set UTC.
>
> Sysinstall asks if the box is using UTC or local time first and only invokes
> tzsetup if you choose local time.

Thats asking if the hardware clock is UTC, not what your actual timezone
is.  It just controls whether /etc/wall_cmos_clock gets touched.  You
still have to pick a zone, although if you cancel out then you get the
default.

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Doug White                    |  FreeBSD: The Power to Serve
dwhite@gumbysoft.com          |  www.FreeBSD.org



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