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| author | Archaic <archaic@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2005-07-02 16:47:42 +0000 |
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| committer | Archaic <archaic@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2005-07-02 16:47:42 +0000 |
| commit | ffd471a5fbf3b0c69b468ec996e5c118efaf481b (patch) | |
| tree | e652d4d92978a6a4b72e2e4edfcbe21c8b1c2751 /chapter07/setclock.xml | |
| parent | faca37e6ec77abdb9cb734c4d159ce98530a3f7d (diff) | |
Reprise of r6318.
git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@6334 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
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1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/chapter07/setclock.xml b/chapter07/setclock.xml index 08c751cb4..772f2d3d3 100644 --- a/chapter07/setclock.xml +++ b/chapter07/setclock.xml @@ -17,11 +17,11 @@ clock, also known as the BIOS or the Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor hardware clock's time to the local time using the <filename>/etc/localtime</filename> file (which tells the <command>hwclock</command> program which timezone the user is in). There is no -way to detect whether or not the hardware clock is set to UTC time, so this +way to detect whether or not the hardware clock is set to UTC, so this needs to be configured manually.</para> -<para>If you cannot remember whether or not the hardware clock is set to UTC -time, find out by running the <userinput>hwclock --localtime --show</userinput> +<para>If you cannot remember whether or not the hardware clock is set to UTC, +find out by running the <userinput>hwclock --localtime --show</userinput> command. This will display what the current time is according to the hardware clock. If this time matches whatever your watch says, then the hardware clock is set to local time. If the output from <command>hwclock</command> is not local |