From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IWEHL-0000ua-Kg for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 14 Sep 2007 16:44:28 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l8EGZikk030235; Fri, 14 Sep 2007 16:35:44 GMT Received: from mta11.adelphia.net (mta11.adelphia.net [68.168.78.205]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l8EGSF22019509 for ; Fri, 14 Sep 2007 16:28:15 GMT Received: from booty.electronsweatshop.com ([71.65.216.162]) by mta11.adelphia.net (InterMail vM.6.01.05.02 201-2131-123-102-20050715) with ESMTP id <20070914162814.FYKY18315.mta11.adelphia.net@booty.electronsweatshop.com> for ; Fri, 14 Sep 2007 12:28:14 -0400 Received: from [152.7.204.181] (nom13436cmd.nomadic.ncsu.edu [152.7.204.181]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by booty.electronsweatshop.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A427187247 for ; Fri, 14 Sep 2007 12:28:14 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <46EAB69E.60505@electronsweatshop.com> Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2007 12:28:14 -0400 From: Randy Barlow User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11/20070805) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: getting GMT to use DST References: <46EA0623.30608@genestate.com> <46EA229A.7070401@genestate.com> <20070914093407.4b4505ce@krikkit.digimed.co.uk> <200709141055.16697.dirk.heinrichs.ext@nsn.com> <20070914104204.7e31bd55@zaphod.digimed.co.uk> <20070914140942.3c20cae7@zaphod.digimed.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20070914140942.3c20cae7@zaphod.digimed.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 5a1f6a0a-cf53-4ba5-8ced-e6403eb30aef X-Archives-Hash: b8122993574cec6ab273c9a49ba26517 Neil Bothwick wrote: >> Is it correct to use EST or should it be local? > local (or UTC, which is generally preferable). This variable sets whether > your clock uses local or UTC time, it has nothing to do with setting your > timezone. local is good to use if you dual boot with Windows, otherwise use UTC. -- Randy Barlow http://electronsweatshop.com -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list