[X4U] Clock problem

[Thomas W Noel]

On Jul 14, 2007, at 1:22 PM, Stroller wrote:

>
> On 14 Jul 2007, at 17:54, Thomas W Noel wrote:
>> ...
>> I still don't know where the preference for time zone gets stored,  
>> but the problem must have been a corrupted file (perhaps the  
>> preference pane itself?).
>
> $ ls -l /etc/localtime
> lrwxr-xr-x   1 root  wheel  33 Jun 20  2006 /etc/localtime -> /usr/ 
> share/zoneinfo/Europe/London
> $
>
>> The problem was solved by running the ComboUpdater 10.4.10 to that  
>> drive.
>
> Ooops. Too late now.
>
> I intended to reply earlier - it'd have been interesting to see the  
> permissions on that file & what it said. /etc/localtime is the way  
> to set timezone in Unix but I have no idea whether OS X respects it.
>
> Stroller.

Sorry I got it fixed so soon!  ; > )

I don't think Apple uses the usual Unix files. There are cities  
listed in the Date and Time pref panel that don't appear there.