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Topic: ntp time server select ?, how do I configure the time server?

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roberts

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Posted: Mar. 02 2008,18:04

For others who might be reading this thread, all of the supported locations are in /usr/share/zoneinfo. If your particular location is not supported then...

1. Make a working directory
mkdir tzdata
2. Change to it
cd tzdata
3. Get the latest zoneinfo data files
wget ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/tzdata2007k.tar.gz
4. Unpack it
tar -zxvf tzdata2007k.tar.gz
5. Find your major area
ls -l
6. Compile for your location, eg, asia
zic -d zoneinfo asia
7. Find your specific area
ls -l zoneinfo
8 Copy the newly created zoneinfo file, e.g.,
sudo zoneinfo/Asia/Saigon /usr/share/zoneinfo/Asia/.

or to /etc/localtime

HTH

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Posted: Mar. 02 2008,19:21

Well if it does point to the one in opt, imo that's probably the best one to choose (along with bootlocal, etc.)

Juanito

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Posted: Mar. 03 2008,14:11

I tried this in dsl-3.4.11:

Code Sample

$ sudo mkdir /tmp/tzdata
$ sudo chown dsl /tmp/tzdata
$ sudo chgrp staff /tmp/tzdata
$ cd /tmp/tzdata
$ tar -zxvf tzdata2007k.tar.gz
$ zic -d zoneinfo asia
$ sudo cp zoneinfo/Asia/Dubai /usr/share/zoneinfo/Asia/
$ sudo rm /etc/localtime
$ sudo cp zoneinfo/Asia/Dubai /etc/localtime
$ sudo gettime.lua
Requesting time from: time-nw.nist.gov
Mon Mar 3 14:06:10 UTC 2008

The UTC is correct but the time in the menu bar thing is not updated??

roberts

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Posted: Mar. 03 2008,15:56

Normally gettime.lua as well as setting localtime is done during the boot process and not from within X-windows.

If one runs the process from within X then restart your window manager to see the results of time in your taskbar.

WDef

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Posted: Mar. 05 2008,22:41

zdump on dsl always seems to give me the wrong time for any location I try, whether listed in /usr/share/zoneinfo or not? Unless I'm missing something.

This is one reason I wrote my citytime thing.

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