On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 7:34 AM, Ami Mahloof ami.mahloof@gmail.com wrote:
Hi,
I have a weird problem woth the time zone on my virtual (goDaddy) dedicated server
I had to setup the timezone using system-config-date to GMT+7
i am in NY (GMT-5)
when i do GMT-5 i get all the times 2 hours ahead
seems like there's something im missing here
If i add an event to my web app let's say 7:30 - 8:15 , the only way for me to show it right is GMT+7
can anyone help me figure out what am i missing here???
Start with "date -u". Since this is a 'virtual' server the hardware real time clock is virtualized and not under your control.
You should ask how the host keeps time. Linux has two notions of the real time clock. It is correct local time OR it is GMT. In the virtual host world there is a third case where your local time is not local time for the hardware.
It may be that you need to use ntpdate at start time and ntp normally.
It may also help to have system time set to hardware local time and add an environment variable (TZ) for users. This works as long as "date -u" returns correct UTS time (GMT).