Re: clockspeed and date

--- Jan Pisacka <[email protected]> wrote:
> Did you copy a real file? In your case, it
> should be something like:

yes.
> 
> cp /usr/share/zoneinfo/right/Asia/Calcutta
> /etc/localtime
Actually,it is in /usr/share/zoneinfo/Asia

I overwrote the /etc/localtime. Their sizes were
different.
 
> After that, set again your kernel clock with
> sntpclock.

Here I also have a few questions,
1. Does kernel time = CMOS time = Hardware clock
= system time?
2. When I type $ date shouldn't I get my time in
localtime?
3. Then why I need clockspeed?

> If you run the following commands, you should
> get identical values:
> date ; TZ=right/Asia/Calcutta date

What is right?

> TZ=right/UTC date ; date

Shoudl TZ be set to Calcutta or UTC?

Thanks.
Cheers
-Shantanu

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