On Thu, Jun 07, 2001 at 11:45:33AM +0100, Steve Woodford wrote:
> 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.

Uh, but this problem definitely has a solution.

David, see what /etc/localtime is linked to (ls -l on it). My guess
is it'll be something in /usr/share/zoneinfo/US/. rm /etc/localtime
and then ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/Australia/<whatever> /etc/localtime.

       ~ g r @ eclipsed.net