Subject: Re: Setting time with ntp
To: dkwok <dkwok@iware.com.au>
From: Steve Woodford <steve@mctavish.co.uk>
List: port-i386
Date: 06/07/2001 11:45:33
On Thu, 7 Jun 2001, dkwok wrote:

> When I use ntp to contact local time server, somehow the time shown is
> about 7 hours in front. Is there anything wrong when I set up the time
> zone in the first place?

ntp uses `UTC' (almost identical to Greenwich Mean Time, GMT) regardless
of the timezone in effect in your locality. This is why it's 7 hours ahead
of your .au timezone.

Cheers, Steve