/etc/sysconfig/clock

The /etc/sysconfig/clock file controls the interpretation of values read from the system hardware clock.

The correct values are:

• UTC=<value>, where <value> is one of the following boolean values:

• true or yes - The hardware clock is set to Universal Time.

• false or no - The hardware clock is set to local time.

• ARC=<value>, where <value> is the following:
  • false or no - This value indicates that the normal UNIX epoch is in use. Other values are used by systems not supported by Community Enterprise Linux.

• SRM=<value>, where <value> is the following:
  • false or no - This value indicates that the normal UNIX epoch is in use. Other values are used by systems not supported by Community Enterprise Linux.

• ZONE=<filename> - The time zone file under /usr/share/zoneinfo that /etc/localtime is a copy of. The file contains information such as:

  ZONE="America/New York"

  Note that the ZONE parameter is read by the Time and Date Properties Tool (system-config-date), and manually editing it does not change the system timezone.

Earlier releases of Community Enterprise Linux used the following values (which are deprecated):

• CLOCKMODE=<value>, where <value> is one of the following:

• GMT - The clock is set to Universal Time (Greenwich Mean Time).

• ARC - The ARC console's 42-year time offset is in effect (for Alpha-based systems only).