Other Help Topics :: Driving me nuts #1
Alright, before you tell me to RTFM, I did read the previous posts I could find in the forum, and I've read the man pages for date and hwclock. I've tried a few things, but to no avail, I still have a timezone mismatch on my laptop.
It is currently 2:00pm PST, but the test msg I just sent myself from Sylpheed says it was sent at 11:00am. The date and time in the dsl panel is correct, and the date and time in Xshell are correct, but the timezone is set to EST. I know how to reset the time using the "date" command, but evidently not how to set the correct timezone.
I have tried removing the /etc/localtime file and replacing it with a symbolic link to /usr/share/zoneinfo/Pacific, but the link is gone when I reboot, and doesn't seem to jelp while its in place.
Can somone help?
Thanks.
DSL Wiki Timezones
Thanks Robert,
Adding the "dsl TZ=US/Pacific" to the boot line did the trick.
I didn't think to look in the WIKI, I'll go peruse that in a bit.
RTFM
Just kidding 
Welcome to the revolution!
<grin> I totally deserve that. Also, I have to update my last posting and say that the time only stayed put until my next reboot. Afterwards my timezone was correct, but I was still getting an offest calculated in my system date. Since my hardware clock was coorect, I ended up adding | Code Sample |
hwclock --systohc
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to my /opt/bootlocal.sh file. Works like a charm, even though in my eyes it isn't the most elegant solution in the world.
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