Changing the time in FreeBSD6.1

llista · 03-29-2007, 07:26 AM

Summer time has come to the UK and my FreeBSD6.1 computer has no internet access to update it with an ntp server.

I probably choosed not to observe Summer time changes when I installed it. How can I change this manually wihtout having to reinstall?

I have no X and I only work from the command line, so it would have to be done that way.

klopfer · 03-29-2007, 02:49 PM

did you try 'man date'?

anomie · 03-29-2007, 03:07 PM

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I probably choosed not to observe Summer time changes when I installed it. How can I change this manually wihtout having to reinstall?

First install the misc/zoneinfo port. Second, run tzsetup.

edit: Actually if you're not able to get the latest ports via cvsup (i.e. no internet connection) that may not work. You may be stuck changing it manually.