[deployment-guide/comm-rel: 17/35] Added the chapter introduction.

dsilas dsilas at fedoraproject.org
Wed Jun 9 12:36:11 UTC 2010


commit 741bafdbc4bd4e45794c15bf39161a5714628d57
Author: Jaromir Hradilek <jhradile at redhat.com>
Date:   Wed Jun 2 16:32:16 2010 +0200

    Added the chapter introduction.
    
    I have also corrected several typing errors in the process.

 en-US/Date_and_Time_Configuration.xml |   10 +++++-----
 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/en-US/Date_and_Time_Configuration.xml b/en-US/Date_and_Time_Configuration.xml
index 5eded0e..f0a89a0 100644
--- a/en-US/Date_and_Time_Configuration.xml
+++ b/en-US/Date_and_Time_Configuration.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 <chapter id="chap-Date_and_Time_Configuration">
   <title>Date and Time Configuration</title>
   <para>
-    TODO.
+    This chapter covers two common means of setting up the system date and time in &MAJOROS;, both manually and using the Network Time Protocol, as well as the selection of the adequate time zone. While the first section is focused on the users running the <emphasis>X Window System</emphasis>, the second one describes the same process on the command line.
   </para>
   <section id="sect-Date_and_Time_Configuration-Date_and_Time_Properties_Tool">
     <title>Date/Time Properties Tool</title>
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
         </mediaobject>
       </figure>
       <para>
-        To set up your system manually, use following steps:
+        To set up your system manually, follow these steps:
       </para>
       <procedure>
         <step>
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@
         </mediaobject>
       </figure>
       <para>
-        There are two common approaches to changing the time zone:
+        There are two common approaches to the time zone selection:
       </para>
       <orderedlist>
         <listitem>
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@
         </listitem>
       </orderedlist>
       <para>
-        If your system clock is set to use UTC, select the <guibutton>System clock uses UTC</guibutton> option. UTC stands for the <firstterm>Universal Time, Coordinated</firstterm>, also known as Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). Other time zones are determined by adding or subtracting from the UTC time.
+        If your system clock is set to use <acronym>UTC</acronym>, select the <guibutton>System clock uses UTC</guibutton> option. UTC stands for the <firstterm>Universal Time, Coordinated</firstterm>, also known as <firstterm>Greenwich Mean Time</firstterm> (<acronym>GMT</acronym>). Other time zones are determined by adding or subtracting from the UTC time.
       </para>
       <para>
         Click <guibutton>OK</guibutton> to apply the changes and exit the program.
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ Password: </screen>
             <emphasis>Change the current time.</emphasis> Use the following command, where <replaceable>HH</replaceable> stands for an hour, <replaceable>MM</replaceable> is a minute, and <replaceable>SS</replaceable> is a second, all typed in the two-digit form (e.g., <emphasis>23:26:00</emphasis>):
           </para>
           <screen>~]# <command>date +%T -s <replaceable>HH:MM:SS</replaceable></command></screen>
-          <para>If your system clock is set to use <acronym>UTC</acronym> (Universal Time, Coordinated, also known as Greenwich Mean Time or GMT), add the following option:</para>
+          <para>If your system clock is set to use <acronym>UTC</acronym> (Coordinated Universal Time), add the following option:</para>
           <screen>~]# <command>date +%T -s <replaceable>HH:MM:SS</replaceable> -u</command></screen>
         </step>
       </procedure>


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