Re: Timezone setup

2002-09-23 Thread Gilad Ben-Yossef
On Mon, 2002-09-23 at 22:49, Nadav Har'El wrote: > On Mon, Sep 23, 2002, Gilad Ben-Yossef wrote about "Re: Timezone setup": > > The answer is POSIX compliance. POSIX has this bizzare notion of how to > > handle time zones. it involves the TZ variable and the time

Re: Timezone setup

2002-09-23 Thread Nadav Har'El
On Mon, Sep 23, 2002, Gilad Ben-Yossef wrote about "Re: Timezone setup": > The answer is POSIX compliance. POSIX has this bizzare notion of how to > handle time zones. it involves the TZ variable and the timezone file. > > Glibc must support it to be POSIX compliant but si

Re: Timezone setup

2002-09-23 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Mon, 23 Sep 2002, Michael Sternberg wrote: > On Mon, 23 Sep 2002 16:38:58 +0300 > "Nadav Har'El" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Mon, Sep 23, 2002, Michael Sternberg wrote about "Timezone setup": > > > How can I update ti

Re: Timezone setup

2002-09-23 Thread Michael Sternberg
Thank you. This was most usefull answer I heard at this list for a long time.. :) On 23 Sep 2002 17:44:40 +0300 Gilad Ben-Yossef <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 2002-09-23 at 15:40, Michael Sternberg wrote: > > > > I'm a little bit confused about how to set timezone in Linux computer > >

Re: Timezone setup

2002-09-23 Thread Gilad Ben-Yossef
On Mon, 2002-09-23 at 15:40, Michael Sternberg wrote: > > I'm a little bit confused about how to set timezone in Linux computer Yes, I can understand why... :-) > > There is /etc/timezone file, /etc/localtime file, and TZ environment variable. > Ok, /etc/localtime I set to be file compiled wit

Re: Timezone setup

2002-09-23 Thread Michael Sternberg
On Mon, 23 Sep 2002 16:38:58 +0300 "Nadav Har'El" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Sep 23, 2002, Michael Sternberg wrote about "Timezone setup": > > How can I update time with ntpdate utility (I can not afford ntpd) - so the > > computer time

Re: Timezone setup

2002-09-23 Thread Nadav Har'El
On Mon, Sep 23, 2002, Michael Sternberg wrote about "Timezone setup": > How can I update time with ntpdate utility (I can not afford ntpd) - so the > computer time (saved in UTC) will be updated ? In what sense can you not "afford" ntpd? It doesn't cost any money

Timezone setup

2002-09-23 Thread Michael Sternberg
I'm a little bit confused about how to set timezone in Linux computer (RH). There is /etc/timezone file, /etc/localtime file, and TZ environment variable. Ok, /etc/localtime I set to be file compiled with zic utility. What about /etc/timezone and environment variable ? Why do we need them at al