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1. Purpose

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

Linux internally uses the GMT (Greenwich time). All operations are done this way. File time stamps 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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