[NTLUG:Discuss] timezone woes

[Val Harris]

kbrannen at gte.net wrote:

>
>
> 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.
>
>

Kevin,

I'm running RH7.1, so I'm not sure this will help.  My timezone information
seems to be in /etc/localtime.  A man on "tzfile" may give you more info.
Something
that just occurred to me is:  Does the "bad" machine think it's clock in on GMT,
rather than local time?  If the timezone which is GMT-6 doesn't go on "Daylight
Savings Time", this would give you the 11 hour, rather than a 12 hour difference.

I hope this helps,

Val
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