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Re: set date

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On Tuesday, September 2, 2014 4:08:19 AM UTC-4, Rich wrote:
> Chick Tower <c.tower@deadspam.com> wrote:
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> > 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
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> > 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,
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> > alhtough examining the pkgtool script should show you.
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> 
> 
> The direct way is to copy the appropriate file from
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> /usr/share/zoneinfo/*/* to /etc/localtime
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> 
> 
> From a terminal, do: 
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> ls -l /etc/localtime*
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> 
> 
> and you'll find a file, and a symlink.  The symlink will tell you where
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> 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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  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
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  Re: set date Chick Tower <c.tower@deadspam.com> - 2014-09-02 03:33 +0000
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