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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

#11868 — set date

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.

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#11870

On Mon, 01 Sep 2014 11:23:34 -0400, 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?

Which configuration file has to be changed may vary depending on what
distribution/version is being used.

On my Mageia 4 systems, it's controlled by /etc/sysconfig/clock, with
the line UTC=false for a system where the bios is set to local time.
Note that the bios setup may have to be used to reset the time first.

Regards, Dave Hodgins

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#11871

On Mon, 01 Sep 2014 08:23:34 -0700, 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.

Usually, you link the appropriate time zone from /usr/share/zoneinfo to 
/etc/localtime. On my system it is defined like this:


mgogala@medo ~]$ ls -l /etc/localtime
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 38 Jan  2  2014 /etc/localtime -> ../usr/share/
zoneinfo/America/New_York
[mgogala@medo ~]$ 

You should do the same since Wall Street rules the world and it is, after 
all, in New York City.

-- 
Mladen Gogala
The Oracle Whisperer
http://mgogala.byethost5.com

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#11872

On 09/01/2014 11:23 AM, 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.
>

I don't know how you are setting the time, but if you are
using the hwclock program, you can specify the
--localtime option when you run hwclock.

Richard

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#11886

Richard wrote on 01. September 2014:
>
> On 09/01/2014 11:23 AM, 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.
>
> I don't know how you are setting the time, but if you are
> using the hwclock program, you can specify the
> --localtime option when you run hwclock.

He might even have a look what the RTC is actually set to.

As root try

/sbin/hwclock -r

after boot (before setting it manually) to see. It always shows
localtime.
-- 
Andreas

I wish my grass was emo. Then it would cut itself.

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#11873

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.
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                                 Chick Tower

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#11875

Chick Tower <c.tower@deadspam.com> wrote:
> 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.

The direct way is to copy the appropriate file from
/usr/share/zoneinfo/*/* to /etc/localtime

From a terminal, do: 

ls -l /etc/localtime*

and you'll find a file, and a symlink.  The symlink will tell you where
the file was copied from.

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#11914

On Tuesday, September 2, 2014 4:08:19 AM UTC-4, Rich wrote:
> Chick Tower <c.tower@deadspam.com> wrote:
> 
> > 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.
> 
> 
> 
> The direct way is to copy the appropriate file from
> 
> /usr/share/zoneinfo/*/* to /etc/localtime
> 
> 
> 
> From a terminal, do: 
> 
> 
> 
> ls -l /etc/localtime*
> 
> 
> 
> and you'll find a file, and a symlink.  The symlink will tell you where
> 
> the file was copied from.
It says New York etc. which is what I wanted in the first place.

John C.

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#11876

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_

-- 
Balwinder S "bdheeman" Dheeman (http://bdheeman.BlogSpot.in/)
"Working together, works! The proof is GNU/Linux and F/LOSS Projects;
Do you too voluntarily work on or contribute to making any difference?"

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#11877

On Mon, 01 Sep 2014 08:23:34 -0700, 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.

clock -w

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#11878

On 09/01/2014 08:23 AM, 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?
> 
  Enable NTP.

-- 
James Moe
jmm-list at sohnen-moe dot com

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#11912

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.

On Slackware or a derivative edit /etc/adjtime:
-4.189405 1402261132 0.000000
1402261132
UTC

My computers only use Linux so I keep the rtc in UTC. IIRC, if the rtc
is in localtime, the DST/ST transitions are not automatic. Then again
if you boot windows it will reset the rtc after asking you.

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