Justin Piszcz wrote: > On Mon, 29 Dec 2008, Ami Mahloof wrote: > > >> Hi, >> >> I have a weird problem woth the time zone on my virtual (goDaddy) dedicated >> server >> >> I had to setup the timezone using system-config-date to GMT+7 >> >> i am in NY (GMT-5) >> >> when i do GMT-5 i get all the times 2 hours ahead >> >> seems like there's something im missing here >> >> If i add an event to my web app let's say 7:30 - 8:15 , the only way for me >> to show it right is GMT+7 >> >> can anyone help me figure out what am i missing here??? >> >> Thanks >> Ami >> >> > > Odd, > > What does the following show? > zdump /etc/localtime > > And when you change it to GMT-5? > > Also, why not use EST for the system time? > > Justin. > More oddity. Out of perfect clarity, total confusion: # date ; for i in EST CST MST PST ; do zdump $i ; done; date Mon Dec 29 11:55:09 CST 2008 EST Mon Dec 29 12:55:09 2008 EST CST Mon Dec 29 17:55:09 2008 CST MST Mon Dec 29 10:55:09 2008 MST PST Mon Dec 29 17:55:09 2008 PST Mon Dec 29 11:55:09 CST 2008 _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos