Time zone isn't displaying right one with 'tzsetup'

[Greg 'groggy' Lehey]

On Tuesday, 22 August 2006 at 23:45:19 -0400, Robert Gabaree wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I tried to update my new server to the new time zone by running
> 'tzsetup' and selecting Eastern.  However, instead of showing 11:45,
> it shows 6:45 - 5 hours later.  I even tried to do a 'cp /usr/share/
> zoneinfo/EST5EDT /etc/localtime" but it didn't help.  What can I do
> to fix it?

That depends on whether you're running ntpd or not.  If you are, your
best bet is to stop ntpd and run ntpdate, specifying the same server,
then restart ntpd.

If you're not running ntpd, just set the date:

  date 08232355

See the man page for the format.

Greg
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