Andy Wright wrote: > Ralph Angenendt wrote: >> Ralph >> Does the system clock run on UTC time? > Hi Ralph, > > the hardware clock is set to the correct local time - one of the servers > uses the rtc to switch itself on at 1am to receive offsite backups so I > prefer this not to be UTC time. > > I have disabled "System clock uses UTC" and rebooted, but as soon as I > run ntpd the system backs jumps back an hour. > > Andy. Two really dumb questions: 1. Have you updated the tzdata package? Here's the output of rpm -qi tzdata on my system: [pag at sempron zoneinfo]$ rpm -qi tzdata Name : tzdata Relocations: (not relocatable) Version : 2007d Vendor: CentOS Release : 1.el4 Build Date: Sat 24 Mar 2007 02:46:37 AM MDT Install Date: Sun 25 Mar 2007 10:17:19 PM MDT Build Host: builder5.centos.org Group : System Environment/Base Source RPM: tzdata-2007d-1.el4.src.rpm Size : 687779 License: GPL Signature : DSA/SHA1, Sat 24 Mar 2007 03:21:46 AM MDT, Key ID a53d0bab443e1821 Summary : Timezone data Description : This package contains data files with rules for various timezones around the world. 2. Is your /etc/localtime the correct one for your timezone? For example, my timezone is MDT. So my /etc/localtime should be copied from /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Denver. --peter