Part of the beginner's guide tells you exactly how to do this. How did you install Arch? On Mon, Jul 4, 2016 at 6:24 AM, matthew dyer via arch-general <arch-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > > The date is set fine it is just the time that is off.. > > > Matthew > > > > > > On 07/03/16 20:56, Kenneth B. Jensen via arch-general wrote: >> >> On 07/03/2016 03:50 PM, matthew dyer via arch-general wrote: >>> >>> Kennoth, I am on a mac using easteron. I am the us ohio. NewYork >>> would be the closest time zone . I think it is a matter of changing >>> it to use america/new_York if that makes sence. >>> >>> >>> Matthew >>> >>> On 07/03/16 22:39, Kenneth B. Jensen via arch-general wrote: >>>> >>>> On 07/03/2016 03:27 PM, matthew dyer via arch-general wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hi all, >>>>> >>>>> I just installed arch into a vertual machine dfor now as I do not have >>>>> a bare boons system to install to at the moment. Any way I have a >>>>> problem whare my system thinks I am in lundon uk and not in the us. >>>>> I have tried running NTPD-QG but I am told that the command not >>>>> found. I want the clock to show the correct local time and not have >>>>> it showing 4 hours ahead of it self. Any ideas on how to fix this. >>>>> I want to show it in .profile, but it just creates a new file instead >>>>> of using the exhisting file. How can I change my time to the corect >>>>> local time? Thanks. >>>>> >>>>> Matthew >>>>> >>>>> >>>> Hi Matthew, >>>> Did you set the timezone correctly? If so, is your virtual machine >>>> using your machine's time as UTC? If it is, then make sure that you set >>>> your timezone as UTC. >>>> >> There are named timezones in the /usr/share/zoneinfo/US directory; try >> ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/US/Eastern /etc/localtime then check the date. >> If this does not work, try replacing US/Eastern with UTC. >> >> > > -- > Sent from my Arch Linux VM
