Re: [gentoo-user] getting GMT to use DST

2007-09-15 Thread Neil Bothwick
Hello Mick, > > TIMEZONE="GB" > > or if you look into /usr/share/zoneinfo/ a bit deeper: > > TIMEZONE="Europe/London" They are the same. -- Neil Bothwick Top Oxymorons Number 21: "Now, then ..." signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: [gentoo-user] getting GMT to use DST

2007-09-15 Thread Mick
On Friday 14 September 2007, Paul Gibbons wrote: > On Fri, 14 Sep 2007 04:55:15 +0100 > I too am on UK time ( Oxford to be precise) > My /etc/conf.d/clock contains: > > CLOCK="UTC" > > # Select the proper timezone. For valid values, peek inside of the > # /usr/share/zoneinfo/ directory. For exam

Re: [gentoo-user] getting GMT to use DST

2007-09-14 Thread Paul Gibbons
On Fri, 14 Sep 2007 04:55:15 +0100 Mat Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi All, > > I have had a machine running for a little while without many > problems, until I tried to use ntp to keep my clock in sync. > > I have got my /etc/localtime and my /etc/conf.d/clock to reflect my > GMT locatio

Re: [gentoo-user] getting GMT to use DST

2007-09-14 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 14 Sep 2007 10:48:58 +0200, Dirk Heinrichs wrote: > > Until you next emerge timezone-data, when /etc/localtime will be set > > to GMT. /etc/conf.d/clock determines what will be used > > for /etc/localtime, it has no effect at other times. You need to set > > both to Europe/London. > > /

Re: [gentoo-user] getting GMT to use DST

2007-09-14 Thread Dirk Heinrichs
Am Freitag, 14. September 2007 schrieb ext Neil Bothwick: > Hello Mat Harris, > > > Excellent keeping GMT in /etc/conf.d/clock and setting /etc/localtime > > to Europe/London did the trick. > > Until you next emerge timezone-data, when /etc/localtime will be set to > GMT. /etc/conf.d/clock determin

Re: [gentoo-user] getting GMT to use DST

2007-09-14 Thread Neil Bothwick
Hello Mat Harris, > Excellent keeping GMT in /etc/conf.d/clock and setting /etc/localtime > to Europe/London did the trick. Until you next emerge timezone-data, when /etc/localtime will be set to GMT. /etc/conf.d/clock determines what will be used for /etc/localtime, it has no effect at other tim

Re: [gentoo-user] getting GMT to use DST

2007-09-13 Thread Mat Harris
Iain Buchanan wrote: On Fri, 2007-09-14 at 04:55 +0100, Mat Harris wrote: Hi All, I have had a machine running for a little while without many problems, until I tried to use ntp to keep my clock in sync. I have got my /etc/localtime and my /etc/conf.d/clock to reflect my GMT location, yet a

Re: [gentoo-user] getting GMT to use DST

2007-09-13 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Fri, 2007-09-14 at 04:55 +0100, Mat Harris wrote: > Hi All, > > I have had a machine running for a little while without many problems, > until I tried to use ntp to keep my clock in sync. > > I have got my /etc/localtime and my /etc/conf.d/clock to reflect my GMT > location, yet all timeserv

[gentoo-user] getting GMT to use DST

2007-09-13 Thread Mat Harris
Hi All, I have had a machine running for a little while without many problems, until I tried to use ntp to keep my clock in sync. I have got my /etc/localtime and my /etc/conf.d/clock to reflect my GMT location, yet all timeservers I try to sync to put me an hour behind. I am in the UK and c