shell reported time different for root , and user ...

... ciao:

    i have a prompt that looks like:

     "yossarian  - 01:35:40 - tty8
      [ root ] /usr/share/zoneinfo
      #"

    on another system.  'date' offers the correct time.  however, when i
login as 'twhite' the time given is UTC, but 'date' offers the correct
time.

    i've made "localtime" 'America/Los_Angeles', and 'PST8PDT", with
"etc/sysconfig/clock" set as both the above, and still unable to get
it to work, and worse yet, figure out what i'm missing.

    this a fresh install with sources from october of last year.

    any thought much appreciated ...


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