[wplug] system time is UTC

[Vanco, Don]

wplug-bounces+don.vanco=agilysys.com at wplug.org wrote:
> There must be something I don't understand about the way my
> system sets the time. Redhat9 with ntpd.
> 
> The computer did not automagically adjust for daylight
> savings time, so I ran redhat-config-time and made sure it
> knew I was living in "America/New York".  I also decided
> (since it seemed 'right') to check "System clock uses UTC" --
> that way the internal clock will be universal, and Redhat
> will determine (from my selected time zone) what time to tell
> me, and how to adjust it for daylight savings time, and so forth.
> Right? 
> 
> However, now my computer thinks it's 8:28 AM (which is
> Greenwich time, if I'm not mistaken) instead of 12:28 PM.  I
> don't really know where the problem lies, since NTPD seems to run
> okay. 
	Setting your clock to UTC is telling the OS that the BIOS clock
it tied to GMT - you then need to provide an offset for local time in
"user space"  (e.g. GMT-5 = EST).  If you're setting up NTP just tie
your system to one of the various clocks available (like the
aforementioned clock.redhat.com)  UTC is really only handy when your
server is becoming the epicenter for network time on a global scale
(there's likely other reasons too, but I have not fooled much with being
a time source)

A quick Google turned up some expectedly nerdly info:
http://www.os2voice.org/VNL/past_issues/VNL0801H/vnewsf5.htm
and
http://www.linuxsa.org.au/tips/time.html

Don