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From: toreh@bootes.sds.no (Tore Haraldsen)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: clock & date
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Date: 30 Nov 92 13:30:49 GMT
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>Subject: clock & date
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>Hello
>I have a problem in setting the correct time for my timezone (MET).
>Running 'date' always shows the wrong time.
>
>thanks in advance
>Uli

To set correct european time, do the following:

Build a new kernel with

	timezone	-1 dst 4

Remove /etc/localtime and make the link

	ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/MET /etc/localtime

Boot, then set the clock.

That should do it!!

-- tore
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Tore Haraldsen, Statens Datasentral A/S - SDS, Norway
email: toreh@bootes.sds.no