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1. Purpose

Changing the workstation time is a simple matter, once you have understood how fancy Linux is. Here is the story.

Linux use internally the GMT (Greenwich time). All operation are done this way. Files time stamp are stored this way. Displaying the time in "local time" is a user interface issue. This strategy allows meaningful data exchange over a wan (over the Internet for one).

To show the time correctly, Linux must be told about the time zone (How much hour difference between your place and GMT).


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