Re: [gentoo-user] Clock/Daylight Savings

["Boyd Stephen Smith Jr." <bss03@volumehost.net>]

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On Thursday 19 April 2007 04:10:58 Randy Barlow wrote:
> Ever since the new daylight savings change, my clock hasn't done the
> "Spring Forward".  I use ntp and the like, and it seems happy being
> behind by an hour. 

ntp (and the like) use UTC, which does not "Spring Forward" or "Fall Back", 
as 
everything that really cares about accurate time should.

> I can use the date command to set it correctly, but 
> after the next reboot it's back to its old games.  Pointers?

You probably need to make sure your TIMEZONE in /etc/conf.d/clock and/or 
or /etc/localtime are set properly.

Generally, you DON'T want to set them to CST (or similar) since that 
doesn't 
sf/fb either (instead most of the area covered by CST switches to CDT), 
although some like CST6CDT might work.

Instead you'll want to use (Type/)Region/(SubRegion/)City for a city that 
uses 
the same timezone rules as you.  E.g. America/Chicago, 
America/Kentucky/Monticello, posix/US/Central, or 
right/America/Indiana/Knox

(All the timezones supported by your libc are under /usr/share/zoneinfo.)

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