[NTLUG:Discuss] time problem

[Fred James]

My sincere thanks!
/etc/localtime turned out to be a file in its own right, with what appeared to
be corrupt data inside.
making that a link to /usr/share/zoneinfo/US/Central did solve my problem.
Thanks again.


MadHat wrote:

> look in the /etc dir for a symlink called localtime.
>
> Make sure it points to the right place...
> # ls -l /etc/localtime
> lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root           30 Feb  3  2000 /etc/localtime ->
> /usr/share/zoneinfo/US/Central
>
> At 10:08 AM 2/20/2001 +0600, you wrote:
> >Can anyone shed any light on this one?
> >
> >Compaq Prosignia 165 Laptop: Red Hat Linux 6.2
> >#> date returns the correct time and date, and indicates GMT-6, (I am in
> >the Central Time Zone of the USA)
> >Time Machine (in the Control Panel) shows correct time and date
> >Time and date display on "Task Bar" is correct
> >Time and date stamp in email message is correct
> >Time and date stamp in email Inbox list is NOT correct.
> >
> >According to our Mail administrator:
> >"...if I view full headers I can see the correct time between the
> >servers, i.e. 21:29 which is military time for 9:29 PM, however in the
> >inbox your message shows up as 9:29 AM -- exactly 12 hours off.""
> >
> >Also she says..."You may want to experiment with the TIMEZONE file and see
> >if it is set
> >correctly to -0600 (or Central Standard Time), i.e. TZ=CST6CDT  (flavors
> >may vary)
> >Timezone = Central Standard Time 6(hours off of GMT) w/ Central Daylight
> >Savings Time used."
> >
> >Although I know what the TIMEZONE file is (seen it on different flavors of
> >UNIX), I don't see one on this machine.
> >--
> >Consider Fractals
> >a large, calm, black cat
> >who seems often to be my spiritual leader.
> >
>
> --
> MadHat at unspecific.com
>
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Consider Fractals
a large, calm, black cat
who seems often to be my spiritual leader.


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