[nmglug] Time and cron jobs

[Mars DeLapp]

Gary Sandine wrote:
> On Wed, 2004-12-08 at 01:05 +0000, Mars DeLapp wrote:
> 
>>jmdelapp at comp010:~$ date
>>Wed Dec  8 00:34:27 UTC 2004
>>jmdelapp at comp010:~$ date -u
>>Wed Dec  8 00:34:31 UTC 2004
>>
>>the file /etc/timezone contains:
>>America/Denver
>>
>>But the date command (without -u) still shows UTC instead of MST
>>
>>Anyone know how to fix this?
> 
> 
> Maybe there is no /etc/timezone symlink in that computer?
> 
> There is a program to do this (I don't know what it is called):
> 
> # ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Denver /etc/localtime
> 
> date will then show MST times.
> 

Thanks, that seems to have fixed the problem.

So why is it called a "/etc/timezone" symlink when the symlink is /etc/localtime?

Mars

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