Re: [gentoo-user] Re: getting GMT to use DST

2007-09-14 Thread Randy Barlow
Neil Bothwick wrote: >> Is it correct to use EST or should it be local? > local (or UTC, which is generally preferable). This variable sets whether > your clock uses local or UTC time, it has nothing to do with setting your > timezone. local is good to use if you dual boot with Windows, otherwise

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: getting GMT to use DST

2007-09-14 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 14 Sep 2007 12:20:46 + (UTC), James wrote: > I have an identical question. > I set /etc/localtime this way: > cp /usr/share/zoneinfo/EST /etc/localtime You no longer need to do that. The timezone-data ebuild used the TIMEZONE variable in conf.d/clock to copy the correct file for you.

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: getting GMT to use DST

2007-09-14 Thread Dirk Heinrichs
Am Freitag, 14. September 2007 schrieb ext James: > I'm in Florida and my /etc/conf.d/clock settings > are: > > CLOCK="EST" "UTC" or "local" are the only choices, "UTC" being the better one. > TIMEZONE="/usr/share/zoneinfoAmerica/New_York" Should be only "America/New_York". > Is it correct to