Universal vs local time
burns
linux
Mon May 17 11:51:20 PDT 2004
On Fri, 2003-08-22 at 06:31, David A. Bandel wrote:
> On 21 Aug 2003 22:18:38 -0400
> burns <linux at burnsmacdonald.com> wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 2003-08-21 at 20:55, Joel Hammer wrote:
> > > How can I tell if my linux box is running with the clock set to
> > > universal or local time?
> >
> >
> > 'uname -a' gives you the system time. It's pretty obvious from that
> > what time standard it is using (local or otherwise).
>
> Huh??
>
> The only think uname -a shows is the time the kernel was built based on
> the system time of the system it was built on (which may not even be the
> system it was running on). If you can ascertain anything about the
> hardware clock on the system from that, Sherlock, I'd like to know how.
>
You're right, my mistake
Watson... :*
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burns
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