[Eug-lug] Daylight Savings as of 2007

Matthew Jarvis mattj at bikefriday.com
Fri Feb 23 09:35:24 PST 2007


Garl Grigsby wrote:
> Alternately you can do the following:
> 
> 1) Update the TZ data files using the procedure I sent earlier.
> 2) run the timeconfig command and make sure the UTC setting is correct. 
> If you want to switch the hardware clock to UTC do so now. We will 
> adjust shortly.
> 3) Select the correct timezone, 'America/Los_Angeles' and exit.
> 4) This should create the correct localtime file. (keep your backup just 
> in case).
> 5) Then check the system clock. If it is off, and it might be (esp if 
> you switched to UTC), sync your clock to some known source (i.e. run 
> 'ntpdate time.nist.gov')
> 6) Check the time. If it is correct, sync your hardware clock to the 
> software clock using 'hwclock --systohc'.
> 
> Garl
> 


Bingo!

The step I was missing was the knowledge of UTC vs Localtime settings...

Worked like a champ - muchos gracias...

Matthew S. Jarvis
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