Adjusting time

Bhodi · n00b Joined: 04 Oct 2002 Posts: 28

Hi,

Ik have made a symlink for localtime to /zoneinfo/Eurpe/Amsterdam, but my clock is till running 2 hours upfront. Is there another place where i can adjust the time? I remember something vaguely about the GMC+1 thing but i can't find it.

Another question i have is about adding users, isn't it possible to add a user with a name that starts with a capital letter?

greetz
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maxpower · n00b Joined: 07 Aug 2002 Posts: 65 Location: South Korea

The zoneinfo file is for display purposes, it does not adjust the time. To do that use the command date.

mAx

BackSeat · Posted: Sat Oct 26, 2002 3:37 pm Post subject:

Check the time the machine knows about with the 'date' command. You might want to 'emerge nntp' to automatically keep the system clock at the right time, assuming you have Internet connectivity.

Having done the above, is the the machine time which is wrong, or some utility which displays the time?

BS

Bhodi · n00b Joined: 04 Oct 2002 Posts: 28

well, it's the clock in Gnome and GKRellm
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BackSeat · Posted: Sat Oct 26, 2002 5:13 pm Post subject:

What time does the 'date' command give?

Oh, and I made a mistake above: I meant to suggest 'emerge ntp'

BS

Exci · Posted: Sat Oct 26, 2002 5:34 pm Post subject:

I'm from the netherlands and I always use CET ..

i had the problem that with dual boot my windows was 2 hours later when i came from gentoo.

Bhodi · n00b Joined: 04 Oct 2002 Posts: 28

well, i have the same. I have dual-boot with WinXP and Gentoo is always 2 hours ahead.

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Pluvius · Posted: Sun Oct 27, 2002 8:15 pm Post subject:

If you check the Gentoo installation instructions, You also have to eidt your /etc/rc.conf file and set the appropriate clock parameter from "UMT" to "local".

You can also emerge the "ntp" build as indicated, but that means your PC will need an Internet connection to set time, basing it off an Internet timeclock.

I hope this helps. :wink:

BackSeat · Posted: Sun Oct 27, 2002 11:47 pm Post subject:

Windows always (incorrectly IMO) adjusts the hardware clock to be equal to the local time. Linux generally (this can be changed) expects the hardware clock to be UTC. So, if you're dual booting between Windows and Linux then expect your time display to be incorrect in Linux.

BS

Pindrop · Posted: Mon Oct 28, 2002 2:45 am Post subject:

The fix I used was this: