time setting in debian

[David Bandel]

On 2/21/06, Collins Richey <crichey at gmail.com> wrote:
> OK, you debian types. How does one set date/time in a debian system to
> use local time rather than UTC? The only hints I found was to include
> the following in
>
>  /etc/default/rcS
>
> # Set UTC=yes if your system clock is set to UTC (GMT), and UTC=no if not.
> UTC=no
>
> But this has no effect. Time is still displayed in UTC.
>
> /etc/localtime is a link to ..../US/Mountain.
>
> Note this is a Kubuntu system, not pure debian.
>
> I get no answers from the Ubuntu forums.

Well, since all my systems run GMT (UTC), I don't know the answer for
sure, however, seems to me the /etc/localtime link needs _not_ to be
to one of the UNIX timezone files, but to a special file.

Why on earth would you not want to have the system clock on GMT with a
link to the correct time zone?  This is, after all, the correct/UNIX
way to do things.  If you run mail servers, etc., you must do it this
way or your time stamps for mail and logs will be non-standard.

Ciao,

David A. Bandel
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