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From: rone@bofh.noc.best.net (Ron Echeverri)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: log times in GMT, not local
Date: 18 Jul 1996 09:26:01 -0700
Organization: fidgety systems administrators gmbh
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References: <4sio1f$6ri@pelican.unf.edu>
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In article <4sio1f$6ri@pelican.unf.edu>,
Cliff Addy <caddy@osprey.unf.edu> wrote:
>I had posted previously that our apache web server was having problems
>with log times.  Now the problems has spread.  Basicly, log times are
>being recorded in GMT, rather than local time.  But now it's affecting 
>other logging mechanisms, like the maillog files.
[...]
>Can any geniuses and/or members of the programming team point me to
>a fix?

Well, i'm neither, but does /etc/wall_cmos_clock exist?  That's what
tells FreeBSD that your CMOS clock is local and not set to UTC...

rone
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 Ron Echeverri        Best Internet Systems Administration        rone@best.net
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