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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!news-res.gsl.net!news.gsl.net!hunter.premier.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sprintlink.net!new-news.sprintlink.net!newsreader.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!news-dc-10.sprintlink.net!nntp.primenet.com!uucp.primenet.com!typo.org!web From: BOFH <web@typo.org> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: /etc/localtime? Date: 17 Jul 1996 08:43:07 GMT Organization: typo.org Lines: 20 Message-ID: <4si92r$e6h@typo.org> References: <4sasqr$3v8@pelican.unf.edu> <SCOTT.96Jul16123810@crux.dcs.qmw.ac.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: typo.org Scott Mitchell <scott@crux.dcs.qmw.ac.uk> wrote: : > We're having a problem with the Apache web server logging all its actions in : > GMT, rather than local time. Someone told me that the problem may be in : > /etc/localtime not being pointed to the correct file in /usr/share/timezone. : > However, /usr/share/timezone doesn't exist and /etc/localtime is a binary : > file that I don't know how to change. Running sysinstall to set the timezone : > seems to have no effect (yes, I rebooted). : I think someone meant /usr/share/zoneinfo. /etc/localtime is usually : a copy/symlink to the appropriate file under that directory. Probably localtime. Try this: rm /etc/localtime ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/US/Eastern /etc/localtime find a host to rdate or ntpdate off if and your clock should now be in eastern time. Look under /usr/share/zoneinfo if this isn't the right zone. -Wayne