[NTLUG:Discuss] timezone woes

[kbrannen@gte.net]

I've got this strange problem with timezones on a RH6.2 system.  Actually, 
I've got mutltiple systems, so comparing them makes it more obvious I've got a 
problem.  I can do commands like:

[root at ns /etc]# date
Wed Sep 19 14:55:11 CDT 2001
[root at ns /etc]# echo $TZ

[root at ns /etc]# date -R
Wed, 19 Sep 2001 14:58:00 -0500

on the "good" machine.  It seems to correctly know that we live in the CST 
here in DFW,:-) and is showing the correct time.  All my machines respond with 
this time except 1.  Instead it gives:

[root at cvs lib]# date
Thu Sep 20 01:55:07 GMT-6 2001
[root at cvs lib]# echo $TZ

[root at cvs lib]# date -R
Thu, 20 Sep 2001 01:57:54 +0600

which bears out the fact that they're 11 hours off!  And yes, they both sync 
up to a common NTP server.  It seems this errant one thinks it's in the 
"GMT-6" timezone, and I can't find any config file under /etc (or /usr/lib) 
that I can change to make it correct.  If I look at both machines in 
linuxconf, except for the hour, both have the same settings.

What am I missing?

TIA,
Kevin