Hello Michael,
Michael Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I feel really stupid having to ask this here, but in what file is the
> TIMEZONE variable set? My PC clock is set by ntp and it's not being
> updated for DST. Wherever the variable is, it's not set. I never
> updated it becuase I heard it wasn't actually being used yet, but I
> think if I set it my machine's time might get updated for DST. I can't
> find the stupid variable though. The one that replaces /etc/localtime.
> Can anyone help me out?
Here is what I did to update all my boxes for the DST change on March
11, thanks to the people who responded to my question on this topic
last week:
(1) Sync.
(2) emerge timezone-data (should be >= 2006p)
(3) set TIMEZONE="Canada/Newfoundland" in /etc/conf.d/clock (adjust
for your local time zone).
(4) rm /etc/localtime && cp /usr/share/zoneinfo/Canada/Newfoundland
/etc/localtime (adjust for your local time zone).
(5) Check: zdump -v /etc/localtime | grep 2007.
For timezone-data = 2007c it shows:
/etc/localtime Sun Mar 11 03:30:59 2007 UTC = Sun Mar 11 00:00:59 2007 NST
isdst=0
/etc/localtime Sun Mar 11 03:31:00 2007 UTC = Sun Mar 11 01:01:00 2007 NDT
isdst=1
/etc/localtime Sun Nov 4 02:30:59 2007 UTC = Sun Nov 4 00:00:59 2007 NDT
isdst=1
/etc/localtime Sun Nov 4 02:31:00 2007 UTC = Sat Nov 3 23:01:00
2007 NST isdst=0
All my boxes are running on NDT correctly.
HTH,
Roger
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