97076 – Handbook section 5 'Setting the date/time right': unclear where/how to set timezone

Bug 97076 - Handbook section 5 'Setting the date/time right': unclear where/how to set timezone

Summary: Handbook section 5 'Setting the date/time right': unclear where/how to set t...

Status:	RESOLVED INVALID

Alias:	None

Product:	[OLD] Docs-user
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Handbook (show other bugs)
Hardware:	x86 Linux

Importance:	High enhancement (vote)
Assignee:	Docs Team

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Reported:	2005-06-25 16:06 UTC by Mark Hessler
Modified:	2005-06-25 16:20 UTC (History)
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Description Mark Hessler 2005-06-25 16:06:48 UTC

Clarification request.  In section 5a, since 'date' defaults to GMT, an
additional sentence about how to handle timezone during installation would be
helpful:  eg "'export TZ=EDT' before proceeding".

Reproducible: Always
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Comment 1 SpanKY gentoo-dev

2005-06-25 16:20:46 UTC

Section 7 covers setting the timezone