On Monday 15 November 2010 00:13:53 Jobst Schmalenbach wrote: > Does "yum update tzdata" update /etc/localtime or does this need > to be done manually? No, it doesn't. It is created by Anaconda during install. > [this is part of the hwclock problem, a guy from sage-au has given me a > hint] I mentioned this file on your other thread last night but afterwards I thought you had it right since the output for your date commands contained "EST" which is correct for your timezone. -- Jorge