2010-06-23 19:27:12 Use local time instead of UTC?

Gilles Ganault (FRANCE)

Message: 90571

Hello

I installed NTP and made sure "/etc/TZ= CET", but "date" always displays the time as UTC instead of time in Central Europe (+2 in the summer, +1 in the winter).

Does someone if uClinux handles timezones/DST or we have to keep using UTC?

Thank you.

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2010-06-23 19:42:39 Re: Use local time instead of UTC?

Mike Frysinger (UNITED STATES)

Message: 90572

set TZ in your env via /etc/profile

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2010-06-24 08:51:48 Re: Use local time instead of UTC?

Gilles Ganault (FRANCE)

Message: 90591

Thanks Mike, but this is what the startup script does, and "date" stil displays time in UTC instead of local time.

root:~> cat /etc/init.d/ntp

start) ntpdate pool.ntp.org&

date;

echo "export TZ=`cat /etc/TZ`" > /etc/profile;;

root:~> cat /etc/TZ

CET

root:~> cat /etc/profile

export TZ=CET

FWIW, instead of "CET", I also tried "Europe/Paris", rebooted, to no avail.

Could it be that "date" provided by Busybox only displays time in UTC?

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2010-06-24 12:18:11 Re: Use local time instead of UTC?

Mike Frysinger (UNITED STATES)

Message: 90595

you didnt set TZ in the env *before* running date, so it wouldnt have mattered

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2010-06-24 18:01:55 Re: Use local time instead of UTC?

Gilles Ganault (FRANCE)

Message: 90611

Thanks Mike for the hint, but I had rebooted the host already, and "date" still displays time as UTC, regardless how what's in /etc/TZ and /etc/profile:

root:/tmp> cat /etc/profile

export TZ=Europe/Paris

root:/tmp> set

TZ=Europe/Paris

PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin

TERM=vt100

SHELL=/bin/sh

HOME=/

I tried "Europe/Paris", and "CET", with no change. Maybe the "date" provided by Busybox 1.4.1 doesn't handle local time.

I'll just have to remember that files have their date/time in UTC, not local time.

Thank you.

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