Time zones
Wulfy
wulfmann at tiscali.co.uk
Fri Feb 1 22:48:50 UTC 2008
Preston Kutzner wrote:
> If you're not scared of the command-line, you can open up a terminal
> and, depending on which version of Ubuntu you're running, you can try
> one of the following:
>
> <snip>
> Gutsy (7.10)
> user at host~:$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure tzdata
>
> It's the replacement for tzconfig. It's ncurses-based so you have a
> little bit of a "graphical" interface for it. Just follow the prompts
> to pick your timezone and you should be good-to-go.
>
> Also, if you want to sync your hardware clock to your system clock, you
> can run the following:
>
> user at host~:$ sudo hwclock --systohc
According to tzdata, my timezone is Europe/London. which is what I want...
According to System Settings and Kcontrol, it's Europe/Guernsey...
The time and date are fine (both are in the same timezone)....
Now I'm confused.... which am I in? I'm definitely on the mainland...
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