Torquil Macdonald Sørensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > TZ=CEST didn't have any effect, and /etc/timezone contains a > line "Europe/Oslo" which is correct.
Did you export it? > > I have found the problem now by comparing the strace output from the date > command running as root and as tmac. The problem was that only root had read > access to the file /etc/localtime. After enabling read access for others it > now works correctly also for 'tmac'. > > I am not exactly sure, but the problem may have started when I tried to > adjust > the time using KDE. > > Many thanks for your kind assistance, Matthias! No problem. Sometimes all you need is someone to help you to keep thinking about your problem. Matthias