Subject: Re: local system time and /etc/localtime
To: None <netbsd-help@netbsd.org>
From: Johnny Billquist <bqt@update.uu.se>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 04/09/2006 21:22:36
Funny. It works just fine for me.

	Johnny

Aleksey Cheusov wrote:
>>In rc.conf:
> 
> 
>># cope with other OSes using the real time clock at localtime on this
>># machine (by adjusting kern.rtc_offset at boot)
>>rtclocaltime=NO
> 
> 
>>(as found in /etc/defaults/rc.conf)
> 
> This doesn't work as expected.
> I still have +3 hours.
> 
> 0 ~>sysctl kern.rtc_offset
> kern.rtc_offset = 0
> 
> 0 ~>ls -la /etc/localtime
> lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  32 Apr  9 16:05 /etc/localtime -> /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Minsk
> 
> 0 ~>
> 
> I know I can link /etc/localtime to GMT os something in order to
> set shift to 0 hours, but in this case /bin/date
> will show me that I have a GMT time. It is bad effect I think.
> As far as I understand setting kern.rtc_offset to -180 will not correct time
> PERMANENTLY.
> 
> I'd prefer the mode where /etc/localtime is set correctly
> (for /bin/date output),
> but with no real shift is made. Is it possible in NetBSD?
> 

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