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I look after a number of Solaris x86 and Sparc servers that were built
before I joined my current employer. These server had no time
synchronisation, which causes problems in interpreting logs and also
in the backup software.

I have set up one server to run xntpd which keeps the NT and Unix
servers in synchronisation. The remaining Solaris boxes have cron jobs
that run "rdate xntpd-host-ip".

The problem is that the time on some of the Solaris boxes is exactly
one hour behind that of the xntpd host. This is presumably a Timezone
problem.

Can someone let me know how to change the timezone to GB (Great
Britain) using command line tools (these servers do not run X
desktops). Also, can I make the change effective without rebooting the
server ?

Thanks in advance

John Auld
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Quote:John Auld writes:
>Can someone let me know how to change the timezone to GB (Great
>Britain) using command line tools (these servers do not run X
>desktops). Also, can I make the change effective without rebooting the
>server ?

vi /etc/TIMEZONE

and change teh "TZ=foo" lien to much the systems that work.

If they're all identical, you might need to get teh zoneinfo patch
(not needed for 2.6)

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There are three aspects to this problem
1. Set all the system clocks to run on GMT (date -u)
2. Set the timezone in /etc/TIMEZONE
3. Set the timezone rules (e.g. when to change from summer to
winter time) via zic (zone information compiler). Do 'man zic'
to see where this info is kept. You might need to get hold of a new
set of rules if the one for your area is missing or out of date.

None of the above entails rebooting the system.