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Old 04-19-2004, 01:08 AM   #1
triley
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Setting system time to UTC


I'm trying to set my system time on a redhat 9 box to UTC. I can use the redhat-config-time utility to set the time and check the UTC box. After setting the time, I run "date" in a terminal and I show EDT time, not UTC. How do you set the system time to UTC? Thanks.
 
Old 04-19-2004, 12:39 PM   #2
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# date
Mon Apr 19 19:39:04 CEST 2004
# mv /etc/localtime /etc/localtime.save
# date
Mon Apr 19 17:39:11 UTC 2004

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L Ekman
 
Old 08-25-2009, 07:56 PM   #3
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ekman View Post
# date
Mon Apr 19 19:39:04 CEST 2004
# mv /etc/localtime /etc/localtime.save
# date
Mon Apr 19 17:39:11 UTC 2004
just as a matter of fact can you please say how it works.
 
  


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