Step 7a in http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/2005.1/handbook-amd64.xml?part=1&chap=7 details setting up the time zone on an amd64 setup. If using a stage1 install, the zoneinfo database does not exist yet. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3.
Spurious. I was in the wrong handbook for what I was trying to do. Sorry.