[deployment-guide/comm-rel: 92/727] Updated the /etc/sysconfig/clock section.

Jaromir Hradilek jhradile at fedoraproject.org
Tue Oct 19 12:31:53 UTC 2010


commit 9318abd08f26b322787ddfd2935c87086228ae0e
Author: Jaromir Hradilek <jhradile at redhat.com>
Date:   Wed Jul 21 15:11:11 2010 +0200

    Updated the /etc/sysconfig/clock section.

 en-US/The_sysconfig_Directory.xml |   89 +++++-------------------------------
 1 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 76 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/en-US/The_sysconfig_Directory.xml b/en-US/The_sysconfig_Directory.xml
index 8ede634..9fb718a 100644
--- a/en-US/The_sysconfig_Directory.xml
+++ b/en-US/The_sysconfig_Directory.xml
@@ -178,85 +178,22 @@
         <secondary><filename>/etc/sysconfig/clock</filename></secondary>
       </indexterm>
       <para>
-        The <filename>/etc/sysconfig/clock</filename> file controls the interpretation of values read from the system hardware clock.
+        The <filename>/etc/sysconfig/clock</filename> file controls the interpretation of values read from the system hardware clock. It is used by the <application>Date/Time Properties</application> tool, and should not be edited by hand. By default, it contains the following option:
       </para>
+      <variablelist>
+        <varlistentry>
+          <term><option>ZONE=<replaceable>value</replaceable></option></term>
+          <listitem>
+            <para>
+              The time zone file under <filename>/usr/share/zoneinfo</filename> that <filename>/etc/localtime</filename> is a copy of. For example:
+            </para>
+            <screen>ZONE="Europe/Prague"</screen>
+          </listitem>
+        </varlistentry>
+      </variablelist>
       <para>
-        The correct values are:
-      </para>
-      <itemizedlist>
-        <listitem>
-          <para>
-            <command>UTC=<replaceable>&lt;value&gt;</replaceable></command>, where <command><replaceable>&lt;value&gt;</replaceable></command> is one of the following boolean values:
-          </para>
-          <itemizedlist>
-            <listitem>
-              <para>
-                <command>true</command> or <command>yes</command> — The hardware clock is set to Universal Time.
-              </para>
-            </listitem>
-            <listitem>
-              <para>
-                <command>false</command> or <command>no</command> — The hardware clock is set to local time.
-              </para>
-            </listitem>
-          </itemizedlist>
-        </listitem>
-        <listitem>
-          <para>
-            <command>ARC=<replaceable>&lt;value&gt;</replaceable></command>, where <command><replaceable>&lt;value&gt;</replaceable></command> is the following:
-            <itemizedlist>
-              <listitem>
-                <para>
-                  <command>false</command> or <command>no</command> — This value indicates that the normal UNIX epoch is in use. Other values are used by systems not supported by &MAJOROS;.
-                </para>
-              </listitem>
-            </itemizedlist>
-          </para>
-        </listitem>
-        <listitem>
-          <para>
-            <command>SRM=<replaceable>&lt;value&gt;</replaceable></command>, where <command><replaceable>&lt;value&gt;</replaceable></command> is the following:
-            <itemizedlist>
-              <listitem>
-                <para>
-                  <command>false</command> or <command>no</command> — This value indicates that the normal UNIX epoch is in use. Other values are used by systems not supported by &MAJOROS;.
-                </para>
-              </listitem>
-            </itemizedlist>
-          </para>
-        </listitem>
-        <listitem>
-          <para>
-            <command>ZONE=<filename><replaceable>&lt;filename&gt;</replaceable></filename></command> — The time zone file under <filename>/usr/share/zoneinfo</filename> that <filename>/etc/localtime</filename> is a copy of. The file contains information such as:
-          </para>
-          <screen>ZONE="America/New York"</screen>
-          <para>
-            Note that the <command>ZONE</command> parameter is read by the <application>Time and Date Properties Tool</application> (<command>system-config-date</command>), and manually editing it does not change the system timezone.
-          </para>
-        </listitem>
-      </itemizedlist>
-      <para>
-        Earlier releases of &MAJOROS; used the following values (which are deprecated):
+        Refer to <xref linkend="sect-Date_and_Time_Configuration-Date_and_Time_Properties_Tool" /> for more information on the <application>Date/Time Properties</application> tool and its usage.
       </para>
-      <itemizedlist>
-        <listitem>
-          <para>
-            <command>CLOCKMODE=<replaceable>&lt;value&gt;</replaceable></command>, where <command><replaceable>&lt;value&gt;</replaceable></command> is one of the following:
-          </para>
-          <itemizedlist>
-            <listitem>
-              <para>
-                <command>GMT</command> — The clock is set to Universal Time (Greenwich Mean Time).
-              </para>
-            </listitem>
-            <listitem>
-              <para>
-                <command>ARC</command> — The ARC console's 42-year time offset is in effect (for Alpha-based systems only).
-              </para>
-            </listitem>
-          </itemizedlist>
-        </listitem>
-      </itemizedlist>
     </section>
     <section id="s2-sysconfig-desktop">
       <title><filename>/etc/sysconfig/desktop</filename></title>


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