[plug] Timezone Problem

[Tim White]

Cameron Patrick wrote:

>Tim White wrote:
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>>lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           35 Aug 31 20:00 /etc/localtime -> /usr/share/zoneinfo/Australia/Perth
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>>tim at linmedia:~$ date -R
>>Wed, 01 Sep 2004 06:57:50 -0400
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>Okay, that's bizarre.  Either that zoneinfo file is corrupt or
>something is overriding that setting.
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>What does 'echo $TZ' say?
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tim at linmedia:~$ echo $TZ
 
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It appears to be empty.
This is a knoppix install so I suspect that something to do with that 
may be doing funny stuff.
Tim