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Re: timezones FAQ



Wayne Topa <wtopa@ix.netcom.com> writes:

> I 'had' the same problem.  The only clue I had was to read the manpage
> for tzconfig.  It led me to look at /etc/timezone which contained
> 'EDT'.  It also led me to see what /etc/localtime was pointing to, wonder
> of wonders, /usr/share/zoneinfo/EDT.  As /usr/share/zoneinfo also
> contains a 'EST5EDT', I simply changed the link (/etc/localtime) from 
> /usr/share/zoneinfo/EDT to /usr/share/zoneinfo/EDT5EST and changed
> /etc/timeone to EDT5EST, and it fixed the time.

Running tzconfig without reading the man page works fine for me.  In
the past month I have switched time zone quite a few times, which
included moving into daylight savings time in two of those time
zones.  While I read the tzconfig manual, it wasn't necessary.


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