[NTLUG:Discuss] clock question

[George Lass]

See if you have a file 

/etc/sysconfig/clock

There may be a line in there:

UTC=true

If so set it to:

UTC=false


A word of caution...  Some (if not all) kernels require
that UTC=true in order to automagically use daylight savings time


George

Fred wrote:
> 
> Here's a chance to show off your stuff!
> 
> My hardware clock is set to local time and when I reboot, the system time gets
> offset by -5 hours (UTC). I fixed the systohc problem on shutdown and I thought
> that I had found it on bootup, but evidently not. Somewhere between rc.initd
> and init 3 state it applies a #@!%$ UTC offset to the clock. I don't see any
> hwclock entries in any of the startup scripts, other than the ones that I
> changed. Any ideas?
> 
> Thanks,
> Fred