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Topic: time is wrong, despite time zone set via tzconfig, always boots with the wrong time

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Posted: June 21 2007,18:51

I finally discovered that my system was using EDT (Eastern Daylight Time) rather than my current time zone (PDT).

I used "tzconfig" to fix it and added etc/localtime to my .filetool.lst file. Now, whenever it boots, the time is incorrect -- it's 3 hours too early.

Is there an easy way to repair/fix this?

roberts

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Posted: June 21 2007,19:19

Don't need to run that or save that file. Instead use boot code:

tz=US/Pacific

If you have net access use the command

$ sudo gettime.lua

to set time from time server.

If you normally boot with net access then add gettime.lua to /opt/bootlocal.sh like this

/usr/local/bin/getttime.lua

Then upon boot I have accurate time set.