timezone setting

[NoOp]

On 03/24/2009 05:11 AM, David Curtis wrote:
> On Tue, 24 Mar 2009 04:29:14 +0000 Nik N <niknot at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> I just installed Ubuntu 8.04 server. Installer insisted I specify
>> a geographic location; and gave me no possibility to chose UTC
>> (formerly "Greenwich mean time") as the time zone.
>> 
>> We require that the server runs on UTC time. Where/what must be 
>> changed to accomplish this? TIA
> 
> Unless the server install does not use tzdata you *can* select UTC.
> Execute 'sudo dpkg-reconfigure tzdata' and scroll down to select
> 'none of the above' and you will be able to choose GMT,GMT + or -
> what ever hours you wish or UCT,UTC,Universal and Zulu. You probably
> need to peruse wikipedia for technical differences between them all.
> 

That works. As an added note: Atlantic Ocean|Reykjavik (GMT +7) is UTC.

For a desktop (Gnome), the default Evolution calendar/time/date dropdown
has a nice feature where you can add different location times; example I
have Sydney, Tokyo, Manila, Hong Kong, (UTC) Reykjavik, San Jose. When
you click the time/date icon on the panel, all are displayed & if you
have a weather calendar installed, it also displays the current weather
for each location just to the left of the time.