On 2010-09-05 12:36, Kramdra wrote:
>
> interesting...
>
> kram@linux-5ym5:~> TZ=Europe/London date ; TZ=America/New_York date ;
> date
> Sun Sep 5 16:31:05 BST 2010
> Sun Sep 5 11:31:05 EDT 2010
> Sun Sep 5 16:31:05 BST 2010
>
>
>
> ah ha! but no the time is 11:31am, BST...

So, the timezone is correct, BST, but the time is not. YOu should check that "root" gets the same
result as the user.

Ok, then "su -" to get yourself root; using the command "date --set=11:31" set the time to the
correct hour (BST). And do this sequence:

grep HWCLOCK /etc/sysconfig/clock

It will be "-u" "--utc", or "--localtime". Take a note and enter it in the command sequence below as
appropiate: