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date returned by "date" on my linux system is always 4 hours behind
the real time, with something like this:
Mon Jul  1 09:37:22 EDT 1996
when the real time 13:37 EDT.

I think that my PC's machine clock is 13:37. It looks that linux think
the machine's time is GMT, thus set the local time (EDT) to 09:37.
How can I make linux think that the machine's time is local time,
rather than GMT?

I also found that just after I started the system, I got:
Mon Jul  1 13:37:22 1996
without the timezone. Shortly I will get:
Mon Jul  1 09:37:22 EDT 1996

if I use "date" to set the new date to "13:37:22", I think that it will
set the machine's clock to "17:37:22". Thus the time within windows and
DOS won't be correct.

Any suggestions? Thanks a lot.

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Hello,

/sbin/clock -su

That assumes that the CMOS clock is set to UTC time rather
than to local time. You will have to omit that 'u' in command.

Quote:> if I use "date" to set the new date to "13:37:22", I think that it will
> set the machine's clock to "17:37:22". Thus the time within windows and
> DOS won't be correct.

/sbin/clock -w

in one of your shut-down rc scripts, the change you made
usind command 'date' won't have any effect on the DOS time.

Hope it helps.

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Thanks. I found the fix myself by removing -u from clock in rc*
scripts.

: Hello,

: >
: > date returned by "date" on my linux system is always 4 hours behind
: > the real time, with something like this:
: > Mon Jul  1 09:37:22 EDT 1996
: > when the real time 13:37 EDT.
: >
: > I think that my PC's machine clock is 13:37. It looks that linux think
: > the machine's time is GMT, thus set the local time (EDT) to 09:37.
: > How can I make linux think that the machine's time is local time,
: > rather than GMT?

: I guess that in some of your start-up rc scripts you have
: a command reading line this:

: /sbin/clock -su

: That assumes that the CMOS clock is set to UTC time rather
: than to local time. You will have to omit that 'u' in command.

: > if I use "date" to set the new date to "13:37:22", I think that it will
: > set the machine's clock to "17:37:22". Thus the time within windows and
: > DOS won't be correct.

: 'date' command only set the Linux' system time, not the time
: in CMOS. If you haven't got a command like

: /sbin/clock -w

: in one of your shut-down rc scripts, the change you made
: usind command 'date' won't have any effect on the DOS time.

: Hope it helps.

: --
: Metod Kozelj

: WWW:    http://www.rzs-hm.si/people/Metod.Kozelj/

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: I also found that just after I started the system, I got:
: Mon Jul  1 13:37:22 1996
: without the timezone. Shortly I will get:
: Mon Jul  1 09:37:22 EDT 1996

are you sure your /usr/lib/zoninfo/localtime is pointing to the right file?