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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!haven.umd.edu!news.umbc.edu!eff!news.duke.edu!convex!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!EU.net!sunic!isgate!veda.is!adam From: adam@veda.is (Adam David) Subject: Re: What time I have? X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 #1 (NOV) Organization: Veda Systems, Iceland Message-ID: <Cynsv5.Kup@veda.is> References: <38p7pt$lkf@mars.fb1.fhtw-berlin.de> <CyDswv.B2y@veda.is> <94Oct29.133315.22973@eeubln.IN-Berlin.DE> Date: Wed, 2 Nov 1994 21:25:53 GMT Lines: 17 nora@eeubln.IN-Berlin.DE (Nora E. Etukudo) writes: >> Both 'timezone' and 'dst' have to be set to 0 in the kernel config file, > ^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^ >I don't fully understand this hint. In my kernel config file is the line > 'timezone 8 dst'. Open mouth, insert foot. Sorry :-) It needs 'timezone 0' only. If for some weird reason (DOS or whatever) you want to run the BIOS clock at local time instead of "universal" time, then the file /etc/cmos_wall_clock must exist. In most cases it is more appropriate to set the BIOS clock to "universal" time. -- Adam David <adam@veda.is>