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setting time zone to GMT
| Posted by WebHostingNeeds, 06-26-2008, 06:27 AM |
| Hi,
When i try setting time zone to GMT, it do not worked.
It still shows time in EDT.
I have the same problem in other server also, both servers are CentOS 5.2
When i set to UTC, it works
Any idea why this happens ?
Thanks,
Yujin
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| Posted by zuborg, 06-26-2008, 06:30 AM |
| try simply deleting /etc/localtime
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| Posted by WebHostingNeeds, 06-26-2008, 06:35 AM |
| Thanks, done that.
So if no /etc/localtime, time will default to UTC ?
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| Posted by zuborg, 06-26-2008, 06:41 AM |
| http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coordinated_Universal_Time
UTC is same as GMT.
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| Posted by jtonsupport, 06-26-2008, 07:13 AM |
| Check the value in /etc/sysconfig/clock file. If there is other timezone set then change it to appropriate value. Also you can change the default timezone using
setup
command from shell (as root).
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| Posted by WebHostingNeeds, 06-26-2008, 09:25 AM |
| Thanks all for reply.
The setup on my server have only 3 options
On my local linux installation, i found option to set time zone.
Do i need to install some packages before having the option enabled ?
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| Posted by david510, 06-26-2008, 09:34 AM |
| Try the following.
rdate -s rdate.darkorb.net&
mv /etc/localtime /etc/localtime.bak
ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/GMT /etc/localtime
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