[arch-general] time setting problem after installing.

[Oon-Ee Ng]

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 at archlinux.org> wrote:
> Hi,
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> The date is set fine it is just the time that is off..
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> Matthew
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> On 07/03/16 20:56, Kenneth B. Jensen via arch-general wrote:
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>> On 07/03/2016 03:50 PM, matthew dyer via arch-general wrote:
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>>> 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.
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>>> Matthew
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>>> On 07/03/16 22:39, Kenneth B. Jensen via arch-general wrote:
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>>>> On 07/03/2016 03:27 PM, matthew dyer via arch-general wrote:
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>>>>> Hi all,
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>>>>> 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.
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>>>>> Matthew
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>>>> 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.
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>> 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.
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