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authorBill Nottingham <notting@redhat.com>2002-11-12 06:20:22 +0000
committerBill Nottingham <notting@redhat.com>2002-11-12 06:20:22 +0000
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clean up clock text (#75069)
-rw-r--r--sysconfig.txt17
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/sysconfig.txt b/sysconfig.txt
index 248b9bba..933f9c7f 100644
--- a/sysconfig.txt
+++ b/sysconfig.txt
@@ -56,11 +56,22 @@ Files in /etc/sysconfig
currently correct values:
- UTC=true indicates that the clock is set to UTC; anything
- else indicates that it is set to local time
+ UTC=true,yes
+ Indicates that the hardware clock is set to UTC.
+ UTC=no,false
+ Indicates that the hardware clock is set to Local Time.
+
+ Not having UTC set defaults to the last used (if recorded
+ in the adjtime file), or to localtime, if not adjtime file
+ exists.
+
ARC=true on alpha only indicates the ARC console's
42-year time offset is in effect; otherwise the normal
- Unix epoch is assumed
+ Unix epoch is assumed.
+
+ SRM=true on alpha only indicates the SRM 1900 epoch is in
+ effect; otherwise the normal Unix epoch is assumed.
+
ZONE="filename" indicates the zonefile under /usr/share/zoneinfo
that /etc/localtime is a copy of, for example:
ZONE="US/Eastern"