Re: [orca-list] setting the time:

[Robert cole <rkcole72984 gmail com>]

I know that this topic was asking about setting the timezone and such 
via the command line, but as Christopher was pointing out this can be 
done via A GUI as well, if so desired.

If you are running Ubuntu 11.10, or probably earlier versions as well, 
just press ALT+F2, enter the command gnome-control-center, and press 
ENTER. There is a launcher for the Time & Date dialog within the 
gnome-contol-center, and (at least for me) it is easier to get to it 
this way than using the Unity dash, at least for the time being. 
Regardless of which distribution you are running, though, if you are 
under GNOME, the gnome-control-center application should be there and 
should be  ready for use.

On 01/29/2012 01:53 PM, Christopher Chaltain wrote:
> I'm not sure what version of Linux we're talking about here, but on my
> Vinux 3.2.1 (Ubuntu 11.04) system with the Gnome fall back desktop, I
> can do this by bringing up the program alt+f1 ->  System ->  Preferences
> ->  Time and Date.
>
> On 29/01/12 14:41, Jude DaShiell wrote:
> > ntpdate probably won't work at first even if you know its syntax because
> > ntpd is probably already running.  so first find rc..ntpd and sudo rc.ntpd
> > stop<enter>  ntpdate time.nist.gov timex.peachnet.edu<enter>  rc.ntpd
> > start<enter>  hwclock -w<enter>  and you should have a clock that's
> > accurate unless your timezone is off.  You may have tzselect and need to
> > run that.  Once it tells you your timezone, export TZ=timezone-string in
> > your account and you also need to run hwclock -w again then you should be
> > good to go.
> >
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