Setting the time zone.

[NoOp]

On 09/05/2010 05:31 PM, Michael wrote:
> On 09/05/2010 02:46 PM, NoOp wrote:
...
>>> The Time Zone dropdown is a misnomer as it doesn't list time zones.  :(
>>>     It lists countries and cities.
>>>      
>> 1. No need to CC me; I read&  respond on the list. :-)
>> 2. I guess you could file a bug/wishlist:
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-system-tools
>> the utility within that package is called time-admin.
>>    
> 
> Sorry, please excuse.  I hit REPLY ALL instead of REPLY.  But that 
> shouldn't surprise anyone.  Hey, if I can't find my own Time Zone, how 
> do you expect me to hit the correct reply button?  ;)

No worries... be there, done that :-)

> 
> Somewhere up thread, some one made the comment that Gnome was geared 
> toward people that are less than average in intelligence or something in 
> that vein.  I must say that whether it is Microsoft or the folks at 
> Gnome, I hate when software tries to "think" for me.

And KDE doesn't? So install KDE.

> 
> Standard time zones are usally written in the format  GMT -0500 or 
> something really similar.  So, I just don't understand why this isn't 
> the format being used, irregardless as to whether or not what is 
> actually being used is "easy to figure out" or not.  Why re-invent the 
> wheel?

I think you mean 'regardless' but OK; you can set with 'date':
http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/lucid/en/man1/date.1.html
if you wish.