How to get time set from and to DST automatically?
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02-20-2008, 02:24 PM
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 How to get time set from and to DST automatically? Hello, can someone please tell me why my system doesn't do the DST switch automatically? My BIOS is currently set to local time (I also choosed this while installation) if this matters. What do I have to edit at which place to get the switch done automatically? And: No I don't want to use NTP currently. CU Manuel      |
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02-20-2008, 02:24 PM
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| Re: How to get time set from and to DST automatically? Manuel Reimer wrote: > Hello, > > can someone please tell me why my system doesn't do the DST switch > automatically? > > My BIOS is currently set to local time (I also choosed this while > installation) if this matters. > > What do I have to edit at which place to get the switch done automatically? > > And: No I don't want to use NTP currently. > > CU > > Manuel > Did you install the time info package and set the time zone? Time info are in package "glibc-zoneinfo" Ciao Giovanni -- A computer is like an air conditioner, it stops working when you open Windows. Registered Linux user #337974 <http://counter.li.org/> |
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02-20-2008, 02:25 PM
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| Re: How to get time set from and to DST automatically? On Mon, 27 Mar 2006 15:07:25 +0200, Manuel Reimer wrote: > Hello, > > can someone please tell me why my system doesn't do the DST switch > automatically? > > My BIOS is currently set to local time (I also choosed this while > installation) if this matters. > > What do I have to edit at which place to get the switch done > automatically? Well you could download "rdate" and then add an rdate script to update your clock daily using cron.... |
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02-20-2008, 02:25 PM
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| Re: How to get time set from and to DST automatically? On Mon, 27 Mar 2006 15:07:25 +0200, Manuel Reimer wrote: > can someone please tell me why my system doesn't do the DST switch > automatically? It hasn't been told to? > My BIOS is currently set to local time (I also choosed this while > installation) if this matters. This makes baby Linus cry. > What do I have to edit at which place to get the switch done > automatically? Stuff under /etc/timezone. > And: No I don't want to use NTP currently. NTP syncs your UTC reference to other computers' UTC references. It doesn't help you show the right time for your zone, you still have to have the offset right. -- mark south; echo znexfbhgu2000@lnubb.pb.hx|tr a-z n-za-m "I can trace my ancestry back to a protoplasmal primordial atomic globule. Consequently, my family pride is something inconceivable." -- Gilbert & Sullivan, The Mikado |
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02-20-2008, 02:26 PM
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| Re: How to get time set from and to DST automatically? Mark South wrote: > It hasn't been told to? How do I tell? > This makes baby Linus cry. Will that work (BIOS set to local time) or do I have it to be UTC to have auto-setting of DST. > Stuff under /etc/timezone. My /etc/localtime is set right (I checked that twice). CU Manuel |
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02-20-2008, 02:26 PM
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| Re: How to get time set from and to DST automatically? Manuel Reimer wrote: > Giovanni wrote: >> Did you install the time info package and set the time zone? >> Time info are in package "glibc-zoneinfo" > > Yes, I did. > > CU > > Manuel > That should do it. -- A computer is like an air conditioner, it stops working when you open Windows. Registered Linux user #337974 <http://counter.li.org/> |
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02-20-2008, 02:26 PM
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| Re: How to get time set from and to DST automatically? Manuel Reimer wrote: > Giovanni wrote: > >> That should do it. > > > But it didn't do it. I still have non DST time on my system as it wasn't > auto-set so far. If all is well you should have set your hardware-clock and timezon during setup. As all (well, at least some) is probably unwell, try: # timeconfig Hope it helps! PJ |
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02-20-2008, 02:26 PM
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| Re: How to get time set from and to DST automatically? Manuel Reimer wrote: > Giovanni wrote: >> That should do it. > > But it didn't do it. I still have non DST time on my system as it wasn't > auto-set so far. Does the date command report the time zone? Is it correct? $ lsodgf0@monica:~ > date Tue Mar 28 12:38:47 MEST 2006 Ciao Giovanni -- A computer is like an air conditioner, it stops working when you open Windows. Registered Linux user #337974 <http://counter.li.org/> |
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