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On Fri, 14 Sep 2007 12:20:46 +0000 (UTC), James wrote: |
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> I have an identical question. |
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> I set /etc/localtime this way: |
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> cp /usr/share/zoneinfo/EST /etc/localtime |
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You no longer need to do that. The timezone-data ebuild used the |
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TIMEZONE variable in conf.d/clock to copy the correct file for you. |
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> I'm in Florida and my /etc/conf.d/clock settings |
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> are: |
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> CLOCK="EST" |
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> TIMEZONE="/usr/share/zoneinfoAmerica/New_York" |
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> Is it correct to use EST or should it be local? |
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local (or UTC, which is generally preferable). This variable sets whether |
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your clock uses local or UTC time, it has nothing to do with setting your |
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timezone. |
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TIMEZONE should be America/New_York |
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