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From: Dirk Heinrichs <dirk.heinrichs.ext@×××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] getting GMT to use DST
Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2007 09:12:04
Message-Id: 200709141055.16697.dirk.heinrichs.ext@nsn.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] getting GMT to use DST by Neil Bothwick
1 Am Freitag, 14. September 2007 schrieb ext Neil Bothwick:
2 > Hello Mat Harris,
3 >
4 > > Excellent keeping GMT in /etc/conf.d/clock and setting /etc/localtime
5 > > to Europe/London did the trick.
6 >
7 > Until you next emerge timezone-data, when /etc/localtime will be set to
8 > GMT. /etc/conf.d/clock determines what will be used for /etc/localtime,
9 > it has no effect at other times. You need to set both to Europe/London.
10
11 /etc/conf.d/clock has two relevant variables, CLOCK and TIMEZONE. Here are
12 mine:
13
14 CLOCK="UTC"
15 TIMEZONE="Europe/Berlin"
16
17 Don't know wether setting CLOCK to "GMT" will also do.
18
19 Bye...
20
21 Dirk
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Re: [gentoo-user] getting GMT to use DST Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>