The date command only changes the time for the user, I was hoping for a global alteration.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Craig White Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2008 8:19 PM To: Main PLUG discussion list Subject: RE: ****Changing the Time Zone On Tue, 2008-09-16 at 19:55 -0700, Bryan O'Neal wrote: > The hardware clock is already set to UTC. I realize that I could set it > forward 7 hours and have my timezone set it back seven but that is > nasty. Unless you can use this somehow with hctosys to not only set the > time but also change the time zone... Though the man does mention the > command tzset, and that looks promising. I will let you know. ---- fwiw, I typically use 'date' command to set the time/date and then hwclock --systohc to set the hardware clock but I don't know if setting the timezone or utc functions through these commands makes a permanent change. Craig --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
