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Re: set date

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On 09/02/2014 09:03 AM, Chick Tower wrote:
> On 2014-09-01, john@wexfordpress.com <john@wexfordpress.com> wrote:
>> I set the date to correct local time but every time I reboot it goes 
>> back to GMT.  How do I make local time permanent?
>> John C.
> 
> Are you asking because your PC dual-boots with Windows, John?  If so, I
> found a registry hack for Windows 7 that will allow it to adjust GMT for
> the correct local time, just like Linux can do.  I don't recall the hack
> off-hand, and that machine is 500 miles away for the next week, but I
> found it by searching, probably for Windows & UTC.
> 
> If you want to keep the PC on local time, and are running your usual
> Slackware, you should be able to run pkgtool (as root) and select the
> setup options from the menus that pertain to your timezone and setting
> the clock.  I'm sure there's a more direct method, but I don't know it,
> alhtough examining the pkgtool script should show you.

See
http://weblogs.asp.net/dfindley/Set-hardware-clock-to-UTC-on-Windows-_2800_or-how-to-make-the-clock-work-on-a-Mac-Book-Pro_2900_

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set date "john@wexfordpress.com" <john@wexfordpress.com> - 2014-09-01 08:23 -0700
  Re: set date "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> - 2014-09-01 11:35 -0400
  Re: set date Mladen Gogala <gogala.mladen@gmail.com> - 2014-09-01 17:37 +0000
  Re: set date Richard <rkm@nowhere.com> - 2014-09-01 19:31 -0400
    Re: set date Andreas Kohlbach <sep14.5.ankman@spamgourmet.com> - 2014-09-02 16:32 -0400
  Re: set date Chick Tower <c.tower@deadspam.com> - 2014-09-02 03:33 +0000
    Re: set date Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-09-02 08:08 +0000
      Re: set date "john@wexfordpress.com" <john@wexfordpress.com> - 2014-09-03 14:06 -0700
    Re: set date Balwinder S Dheeman <bdheeman.SANSPAM@outlook.com> - 2014-09-02 17:48 +0530
  Re: set date Joe Beanfish <joebeanfish@nospam.duh> - 2014-09-02 13:40 +0000
  Re: set date James Moe <jimoeDESPAM@sohnen-moe.com> - 2014-09-02 10:38 -0700
  Re: set date Jerry Peters <jerry@example.invalid> - 2014-09-03 20:27 +0000

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