Cool! Have to give that a try. Messed around with it last night and to get the time set correctly I found GMT+1, GMT+2... inside and Etc directory. Finding the correct one for my timezone worked well.
Thanks for the help! On Monday, May 12, 2014 10:43:11 PM UTC-3, Bill Traynor wrote: > > On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 6:08 PM, mike rankin <[email protected]<javascript:>> > wrote: > > /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Halifax is not there at all. > > Just- Anchorage Caracas Chicago Denver Los_Angeles New_York > Sao_Paulo > > appears. > > > > Unknown package 'tzdata-canada' appears when I try sudo opkg install > > tzdata-canada. > > > > Try tzdata-atlantic > > Other tzdata packages should be: > > tzdata-africa > tzdata-americas > tzdata-antarctica > tzdata-arctic > tzdata-asia > tzdata-atlantic > tzdata-australia > tzdata-europe > tzdata-misc > tzdata-pacific > tzdata-posix > tzdata-right > > > > > Mike > > > > > > On Monday, May 12, 2014 2:47:10 PM UTC-3, DLF wrote: > >> > >> Hi, > >> Me Again ...., > >> > >> do you see /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Halifax ??? > >> > >> > >> > >> On Monday, 12 May 2014 17:29:04 UTC+2, DLF wrote: > >>> > >>> yes there is a shift to Debian and I believe the new boards are being > >>> shipped with Debian rather than Angstrom. > >>> > >>> I'm not sure what that means in terms of your book, but given that you > >>> are new to BBB, I'd continue to work on the examples with Angstrom and > the > >>> book. Once you get a footing, jump over to Debian. > >>> > >>> I'm no expert but maybe a package is missing in Angstrom for the > Atlantic > >>> time zone ... maybe try something like (use at your own risk) > >>> sudo opkg update > >>> sudo opkg install tzdata-canada > >>> > >>> good luck > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> On 12 May 2014 15:00, mike rankin <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> I'm using Angstrom and Canada is not located anywhere in > >>>> usr/share/zoneinfo > >>>> On another note, > >>>> The BBB is new to me and I'm a nube going through the Getting Started > >>>> with the BeagleBone Black book examples. If I were to install Debian > onto > >>>> it, can I still follow the book examples? I get the feeling that > Debian is > >>>> preferred for some reason over Angstrom. > >>>> > >>>> On Monday, May 12, 2014 2:17:44 AM UTC-3, DLF wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> In Debian, I find it inside > >>>>> usr/share/zoneinfo/Canada/ > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> On Sunday, 11 May 2014 00:53:46 UTC+2, mike rankin wrote: > >>>>>> > >>>>>> I'm having trouble finding the Atlantic Canada Timezone for setting > up > >>>>>> the time being pulled over ethernet from the instructions at: > >>>>>> > http://www.circuidipity.com/getting-started-with-beaglebone-black.html > >>>>>> Inside usr/share/zoneinfo/ I cannot find the Atlantic timezone. > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss > >>>> --- > >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > >>>> Groups "BeagleBoard" group. > >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, > send > >>>> an email to [email protected]. > >>>> > >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > >>> > >>> > > -- > > For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss > > --- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > > "BeagleBoard" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an > > email to [email protected] <javascript:>. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
