[ale] Localtime vs. UTC

Geoffrey esoteric at 3times25.net
Tue Aug 27 14:15:19 EDT 2002




cfowler wrote:
> I want to switch to using UTC and NTP.  I currently have
> my bios set at the EDT time and my timezone in Linux is Eastern.
> 
> Can I just remove /etc/localtime which is a copy of
> /usr/share/zoneinfo/US/Eastern and immediately be on UTC?
> 
> 
> If I set my bios to UTC time and still have /etc/localtime how will the
> system convert that UTC time to EDT?

I believe that should do it.

> 
> Thanks,
> Chris
> 
> 
> 
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