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Re: [ts-7000] How to set 7250 clock to local time zone?

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Subject: Re: [ts-7000] How to set 7250 clock to local time zone?
From: Jim Ham <>
Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:48:56 -0800
Opps - replace all references to /etc/timezone with /etc/localtime.

> I don't know about the proper method, but here is what worked for
> me.
>
> 1) Create a file /etc/timezone that has the time zone string for your
> time zone. Here in San Francisco is it "PST 8 PDT".
>
> 2) Put a line at the top of /etc/init.d/rcS: export TZ=`cat
> /etc/timezone` (these are back carets, to the left of "1" on the
> keyboard)
>
> 3) Put the same line in /etc/profile
>
> 4) Add the option "-u" to any calls to hwclock.
>
> (1) lets you keep the time zone info in the normal place (2) makes
> the TZ variable available to the processes started in init.d (3)
> makes the TZ variable available to all user shells (4) causes hwclock
> keep the time in UTC.
Regards,

Jim Ham

Mike Dodd wrote:
> Well, I'm stuck again. Booting into TS-Linux on a 7250, 'date' gives the 
> date/time in UTC. How do I change it to local time for my time zone?
>
> I know about /usr/share/zoneinfo in regular Linux distros, but I can't find 
> anything in TS-Linux that relates to time zones.
>
> Anyone have a procedure to tell TS-Linux to use my time zone?
>
> Thank you.
>
> ---Mike
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