Check your /etc/localtime. Here's mine. % ls -l /etc/localtime lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 25 Jul 7 08:04 /etc/localtime@ -> /usr/share/zoneinfo/Japan ^^^^^ % date Sun Sep 20 23:34:12 JST 1998 ^^^ Hope this helps:) -- SUNAGAWA Keiki <kei_sun@ba2.so-net.ne.jp> Happy Hacking!